Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
THOMAS HOBBESwhatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Philosophy excludes the doctrine of angels, and all such things as are thought to be neither bodies nor properties of bodies.
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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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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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Hell is truth seen too late.
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Knowledge is power.
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By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse
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It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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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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Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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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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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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