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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.

Thomas Hobbes

Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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Allow Fear Imagination Mind Philosophy Power Public
It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
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Design Man Philosophy
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
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
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
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
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Deep Philosophy Power Simple
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
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Justice Man Nature Philosophy
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind that I’ll never die
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Death Earth God Philosophy Thing
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth

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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