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Men are moved by appetites and aversions.

Thomas Hobbes

The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
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
Philosophy excludes the doctrine of angels, and all such things as are thought to be neither bodies nor properties of bodies.
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Angel Body Philosophy Thing
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Book Man Philosophy Read Sarcastic
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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Grief Myself Nature Philosophy Place Time Torture Voice
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
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
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy 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
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
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
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
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence

Men are moved by appetites and aversions.

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