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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 an injustice to none of them.

Thomas Hobbes

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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False Philosophy Truth
God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind that I’ll never die
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Death Earth God Philosophy Thing
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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Crime Error Force Passion Reason Understand
I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Dream Myself Philosophy Thought
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Fear Himself Natural Religious
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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Man Philosophy Secure Strength Word
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
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

It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is an injustice to none of them.

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