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Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.

Thomas Hobbes

it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
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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Death Philosophy Victory War World
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
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
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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Mental Philosophy Thought Understand Word
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
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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Death Desire Man Philosophy Power
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
For such is the nature of man, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
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Believe Hard Man Nature Wise
God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind that I’ll never die
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Death Earth God Philosophy Thing
Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.
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Desire End Imagination Live Man Philosophy

Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.

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