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If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.

Thomas Hobbes

The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.
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Crime Error Force Passion Reason Understand
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
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Deep Philosophy Power Simple
For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
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Experience Man Philosophy Prudent Time
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
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
Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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Allow Fear Imagination Mind Philosophy Power Public
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
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
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
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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