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For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

Thomas Hobbes

The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
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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Art Death Fear Letter Life Man Philosophy Short Society Violence
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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Justice Man Nature Philosophy
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
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
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Deep Philosophy Power Simple
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Book Man Philosophy Read Sarcastic
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
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
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
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

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