whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
THOMAS HOBBESTrue’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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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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Knowledge is power.
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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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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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All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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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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Some men’s desires are without limits.
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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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