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whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.

Thomas Hobbes

A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
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Conscience Judge Man Philosophy Thing
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
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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Angel Body Philosophy Thing
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
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
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
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
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
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
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.
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Desire End Imagination Live Man Philosophy

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