Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.
THOMAS HOBBESTrue’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Hell is truth seen too late.
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When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.
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Knowledge is power.
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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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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Some men’s desires are without limits.
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As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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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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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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I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power, that ceases only in death.
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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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For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
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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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