The light of humane minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity, reason is the pace.
THOMAS HOBBESFear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power.
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Where shall I turn, what shall I do?’ are the voices of people grieving. Idleness is torture. In all times and places, nature abhors a vacuum.
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All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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Knowledge is power.
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The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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A great leap in the dark.
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