Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
THOMAS HOBBESFor prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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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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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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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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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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The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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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 many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
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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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Hell is truth seen too late.
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Eloquence, with flattery, disposeth men to confide in them that have it; because the former is seeming wisdom, the latter seeming kindness.
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it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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A great leap in the dark.
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