During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

Quote by Thomas Hobbes

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Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a...

The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a...

Words are the money of fools. Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon...

Words are the money of fools. Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon...

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past...

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past...

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome;...

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome;...

Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because...

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because...

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things...

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things...

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be...

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be...

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no...

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no...

The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned...

The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned...

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of...

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth...

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth...

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

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

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