Knowledge is power.
THOMAS HOBBESliberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
More Thomas Hobbes Quotes
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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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Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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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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Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.
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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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A great leap in the dark.
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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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liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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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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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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I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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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 injustice to none of them.
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