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The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

Thomas Hobbes

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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
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
Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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Literature One Liner 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
It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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End Life Mind Philosophy Stop Sudden
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
True’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
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False Philosophy Truth
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
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 to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
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Justice Man Nature Philosophy

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