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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.

Thomas Hobbes

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
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
All acquired power consists in command over some of the powers of other man.
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Command Man Philosophy Power
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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap
The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
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
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
Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.
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Evil Follow Good Great Past
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
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
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Myself Travel
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
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Life Nasty One Liner Short
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
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
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
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
Every time reason stands against the human, the human will stand against the reason.
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Human Philosophy Reason
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
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 understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light.
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Clear Doubt Escape Guidance Light Philosophy Shadow
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man’s nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
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Justice Man Nature Philosophy
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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Fear Himself Natural Religious

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