Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
THOMAS HOBBESConcerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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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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It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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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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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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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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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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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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If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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True’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
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Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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