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

Thomas Hobbes

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
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
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
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
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Secure Strength Time War
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
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
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
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
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War

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