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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.

Thomas Hobbes

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
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
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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Mental Philosophy Thought Understand Word
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Fear Himself Natural Religious
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
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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Literature One Liner Philosophy
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
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
It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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End Life Mind Philosophy Stop Sudden
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
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
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason

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