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Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.

Thomas Hobbes

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
Desire, to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man
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Curious Desire Live Man
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
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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
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Fun Leisure Mother One Liner Philosophy
For prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
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Experience Man Philosophy Prudent Time
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
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
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
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
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
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap

Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.

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