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

Thomas Hobbes

Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
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
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
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
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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Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Art Death Fear Letter Life Man Philosophy Short Society Violence
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.
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Game Justice Law
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Desire Life Motion Philosophy
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man

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