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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

Philosophy excludes the doctrine of angels, and all such things as are thought to be neither bodies nor properties of bodies.
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Angel Body Philosophy Thing
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
When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.
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Death Philosophy Victory War World
The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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Man Philosophy War
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
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
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
For such is the nature of man, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
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Believe Hard Man Nature Wise
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
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
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Force Fraud Virtue War
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.
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Literature One Liner Philosophy
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
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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Design Man Philosophy

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