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I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.

Thomas Hobbes

The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power.
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Man Power Price Value Worth
Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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Man Philosophy Secure Strength Word
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
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
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
True’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
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False Philosophy Truth
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.
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Crime Error Force Passion Reason Understand
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
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
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
As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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Animal Body Philosophy Spirit

I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.

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