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Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

Thomas Hobbes

What is the heart but a spring, and the nerves but so many strings, and the joints but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?
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Deep Heart Philosophy Season
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
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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Game Justice Law
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
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
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
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 secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
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
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
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

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