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It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.

Thomas Hobbes

The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
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
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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Mad Man Philosophy
Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Desire Life Motion Philosophy
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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
The Value, or Worth of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power.
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Man Power Price Value Worth
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
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
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
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
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
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
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Destroy Life Peace Philosophy War
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short

It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.

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