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Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.

Thomas Hobbes

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
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
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
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
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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Desire End Imagination Live Man Philosophy
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
True’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
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False Philosophy Truth
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Late Man Read Wisdom
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
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
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
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 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
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Book Man Philosophy Read Sarcastic

Give an inch, he’ll take an ell.

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