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Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.

Thomas Hobbes

Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
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Allow Fear Imagination Mind Philosophy Power Public
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
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
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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Game Justice Law
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
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
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Fear Himself Natural Religious
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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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
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
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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Death Earth God Philosophy Thing
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
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
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy

Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.

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