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It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.

Thomas Hobbes

Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap
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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Crime Error Force Passion Reason Understand
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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Body Deep Philosophy Universe
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
As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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Animal Body Philosophy Spirit
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
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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Blame Clean Man Religious Secret Shame Thought
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 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
True’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
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False Philosophy Truth
Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.
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Desire End Imagination Live Man Philosophy
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
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy

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