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Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.

Thomas Hobbes

The Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Conscience Deep One Liner
God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind that I’ll never die
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Death Earth God Philosophy Thing
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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Art Death Fear Letter Life Man Philosophy Short Society Violence
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
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
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
Men are moved by appetites and aversions.
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Man Move Philosophy
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
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
Hell is truth seen too late.
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Hell Late One Liner Truth
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
It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
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End Life Mind Philosophy Stop Sudden
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
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Fool Man Money Philosophy Wise Word
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
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

Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.

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