There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.

Quote by Thomas Hobbes

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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.

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,...

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,...

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract...

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract...

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...

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise...

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise...

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...

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...

A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so...

A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so...

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...

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called Facts. They are the...

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called Facts. They are the...

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,...

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and...

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and...

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in...

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in...