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

Thomas Hobbes

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
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
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
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
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
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
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
It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.
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Game Justice Law
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
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow

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

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