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

Thomas Hobbes

What is the heart but a spring, and the nerves but so many strings, and the joints but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?
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Deep Heart Philosophy Season
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
Eloquence, with flattery, disposeth men to confide in them that have it; because the former is seeming wisdom, the latter seeming kindness.
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Kind Man Philosophy Wisdom
Every part of the universe is ‘body’ and that which is not ‘body’ is no part of the universe, and because the universe is all, that which is no part of it is nothing, and consequently nowhere.
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Body Deep Philosophy Universe
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
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Dream Myself Philosophy Thought
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Secure Strength Time War
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
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
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Late Man Read Wisdom
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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Human Light Philosophy Reason Word

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

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