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Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.

Thomas Hobbes

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
It is not wisdom but authority that makes a Law.
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Authority Deep Law One Liner Wisdom
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
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Argument Consent One Liner Philosophy Silence
It is in the laws of a commonwealth, as in the laws of gaming: Whatsoever the gamesters all agree on, is injustice to none of them.
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Game Justice Law
A great leap in the dark.
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Darkness Great Leap
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
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
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
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
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
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Act Battle Fight 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
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
whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin.
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Conscience Man Religious Sin
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner

Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.

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