I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power, that ceases only in death.
THOMAS HOBBESConcerning 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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The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous opinion.
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Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Hell is truth seen too late.
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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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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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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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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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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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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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Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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