True’ and ‘false’ are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither ‘truth’ nor ‘falsehood.
THOMAS HOBBESWhen 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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And if this be madness in the multitude, it is the same in every particular man.
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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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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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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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If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power, that ceases only in death.
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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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Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Hell is truth seen too late.
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Knowledge is power.
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I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.
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Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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A great leap in the dark.
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Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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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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