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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
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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Absence Freedom Liberty
For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
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Experience Man Philosophy Prudent Time
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
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
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
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
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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Mental Philosophy Thought Understand Word
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue

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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