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Thomas Hobbes  Quotes
Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

—Thomas Hobbes

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That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be...

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Hell is truth seen too late.

—Thomas Hobbes

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All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called “Facts”. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.

—Thomas Hobbes

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Mind
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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...

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Human-Nature
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Desire to know why, and how – curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge – exceedeth the short vehemence of any...

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Curiosity
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Man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals… which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable...

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Knowledge
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Words are the money of fools.

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Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark

—Thomas Hobbes

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Death
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The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a living; but the science which teacheth deliverance from worldly existence, is not that the true science?

—Thomas Hobbes

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Science
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Another doctrine repugnant to civil society, is that whatsoever a man does against his conscience, is sin; and it dependeth on the presumption of making himself judge of good and evil. For a man’s conscience...

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The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only

—Thomas Hobbes

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Living
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Words are wise men’s counters, they do but reckon by them: But they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other...

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Words
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The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

—Thomas Hobbes

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