Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.
THOMAS HOBBESliberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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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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The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Hell is truth seen too late.
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liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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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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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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The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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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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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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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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If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
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The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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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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Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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