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liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion

Thomas Hobbes

Where shall I turn, what shall I do?’ are the voices of people grieving. Idleness is torture. In all times and places, nature abhors a vacuum.
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Grief Myself Nature Philosophy Place Time Torture Voice
What is the heart but a spring, and the nerves but so many strings, and the joints but so many wheels, giving motion to the whole body?
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Deep Heart Philosophy Season
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
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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Kind Man Philosophy Wisdom
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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End Life Mind Philosophy Stop Sudden
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
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
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power

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