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Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.

Thomas Hobbes

When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.
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Death Philosophy Victory War World
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
What is the heart but a spring, and the nerves but so many strings, and the joints but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?
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Deep Heart Philosophy Season
It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
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Design Man Philosophy
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
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
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 it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
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Justice Man Nature Philosophy
It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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End Life Mind Philosophy Stop Sudden
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
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
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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Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence

Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.

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