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The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Thomas Hobbes

The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.
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Desire End Imagination Live Man Philosophy
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
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Conscience Judge Man Philosophy Thing
For such is the nature of man, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
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Believe Hard Man Nature Wise
When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.
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Death Philosophy Victory War World
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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Grief Myself Nature Philosophy Place Time Torture Voice
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Act Battle Fight Philosophy War
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Evil Follow Good Great Past
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Dream Myself Philosophy Thought

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