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Knowledge is power.

Thomas Hobbes

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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 not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
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
liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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Absence Freedom Liberty
As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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Animal Body Philosophy Spirit
Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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Man Philosophy Secure Strength Word
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner 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
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Desire Life Motion Philosophy
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

Knowledge is power.

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