Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
THOMAS HOBBESThe condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse
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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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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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I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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The light of humane minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity, reason is the pace.
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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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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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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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The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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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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If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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