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Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

Thomas Hobbes

Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
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
The light of humane minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity, reason is the pace.
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Human Light Philosophy Reason Word
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power.
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Man Power Price Value Worth
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
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
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

Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

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