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

Thomas Hobbes

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
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Art Death Fear Letter Life Man Philosophy Short Society Violence
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Evil Follow Good Great Past
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
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
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
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
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
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
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

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

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