The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

Quote by Thomas Hobbes

Topics: Liberty Quotes, Nature Quotes

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

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...

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;...

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.

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...

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

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.

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...

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...

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe,...

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe,...

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

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...

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave,...

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave,...

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

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

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...

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...