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Nor can a man any more live, whose Desires are at an end, than he, whose Senses and Imaginations are at a stand.

Thomas Hobbes

Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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Man Philosophy Secure Strength Word
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Secure Strength Time War
Power simply is no more, but the excess of the power of one above that of another.
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Deep Philosophy Power Simple
I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Dream Myself Philosophy Thought
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
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
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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Human Light Philosophy Reason Word
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Evil Follow Good Great Past
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Act Battle Fight Philosophy War
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
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
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap
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
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand

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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