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Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
[ Curiosity ]
Thomas Hobbes
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Force, and fraud, are in war the two cardinal virtues.
[ War ]
Thomas Hobbes
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I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
[ Famous Last Words ]
Thomas Hobbes
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In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
[ Profits ]
Thomas Hobbes
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Leisure is the mother of Philosophy.
[ Leisure ]
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No mans error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
[ Mistakes ]
Thomas Hobbes
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Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
[ Science and Scientists ]
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Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laughter.
[ Glory ]
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The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
[ Absurdity ]
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Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.
[ Understanding ]
Thomas Hobbes
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Words are the money of fools.
[ Words ]
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Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools.
[ Words ]
Thomas Hobbes
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