--- title: "15 Causes Quotes By Thomas Hobbes" description: "15 Causes quotes by Thomas Hobbes. Plus more from Thomas Hobbes and more Causes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/thomas-hobbes-1127_causes_every-man-may-think-his-own-cause-just-t_426574.jpg" --- > [Every man may think his own cause just till it be heard and judged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/every-man-may-think-his-own-cause-just-till-it-be-heard-and-judged/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/thomas-hobbes-1127_causes_every-man-may-think-his-own-cause-just-t_426574.jpg) > [No man can be judge to his own cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/no-man-can-be-judge-to-his-own-cause/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/thomas-hobbes-1127_cause_no-man-can-be-judge-to-his-own-cause-305_3054259.jpg) > [The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/the-first-cause-of-absurd-conclusions-i-ascribe-to-the-want-of-method/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/thomas-hobbes-1127_absurd_the-first-cause-of-absurd-conclusions-i_2300581.jpg) > [Prophecy is many times the principal cause of the events foretold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/prophecy-is-many-times-the-principal-cause-of-the-events-foretold/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/thomas-hobbes-1127_causes_prophecy-is-many-times-the-principal-cau_476499.jpg) > [And seeing every man is presumed to do all things in order to his own benefit, no man is a fit Arbitrator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/and-seeing-every-man-is-presumed-to-do-all-things-in-order-to-his-own/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/thomas-hobbes-1127_all-things_and-seeing-every-man-is-presumed-to-do-a_2469943.jpg) > [Curiosity draws a man from consideration of the effect, to seek the cause.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/curiosity-draws-a-man-from-consideration-of-the-effect-to-seek-the/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/thomas-hobbes-1127_atheism_curiosity-draws-a-man-from-consideration_635273.jpg) > [Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/opinion-of-ghosts-ignorance-of-second-causes-devotion-to-what-men/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/thomas-hobbes-1127_casual_opinion-of-ghosts-ignorance-of-second-ca_2006690.jpg) > [ \[Necessity is\] the sum of all things, which being now existent, conduce and concur to the production of that action hereafter, whereof… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/necessity-is-the-sum-of-all-things-which-being-now-existent-conduce/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/thomas-hobbes-1127_action_necessity-is-the-sum-of-all-things-which_904190.jpg) > [The cause of Sense, is the External Body, or Object, which presseth the organ proper to each Sense, either immediately, as in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/the-cause-of-sense-is-the-external-body-or-object-which-presseth-the/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/thomas-hobbes-1127_body_the-cause-of-sense-is-the-external-body_177507.jpg) > [From what cause the rite of baptism first proceeded is not expressed formally in the scripture, but it may be probably thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/from-what-cause-the-rite-of-baptism-first-proceeded-is-not-expressed/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/thomas-hobbes-1127_baptism_from-what-cause-the-rite-of-baptism-firs_2840701.jpg) > [“So that in the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel: First, Competition; Secondly, Dissidence; Thirdly, Glory. The first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/so-that-in-the-nature-of-man-we-find-three-principal-causes-of/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/thomas-hobbes-1127_cattle_so-that-in-the-nature-of-man-we-find-thr_1607281.jpg) > [So that in the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of Power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/so-that-in-the-first-place-i-put-for-a-general-inclination-of-all/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/thomas-hobbes-1127_acquisition_so-that-in-the-first-place-i-put-for-a-g_695166.jpg) > [Desire , to know why, and how, CURIOSITY; such as is in no living creature but Man ; so that Man is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/desire-to-know-why-and-how-curiosity-such-as-is-in-no-living-creature/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/thomas-hobbes-1127_animal_desire-to-know-why-and-how-curiosity-suc_217455.jpg) > [For if I should not believe all that is written by Historians, of the glorious acts of Alexander, or Caesar; I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/for-if-i-should-not-believe-all-that-is-written-by-historians-of-the/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/thomas-hobbes-1127_authority_for-if-i-should-not-believe-all-that-is_1951293.jpg) > [In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/in-sum-all-actions-and-habits-are-to-be-esteemed-good-or-evil-by/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/thomas-hobbes-1127_action_in-sum-all-actions-and-habits-are-to-be_2165998.jpg) ## Other authors on Causes ## More by Thomas Hobbes > [“Give an inch, he'll take an ell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/give-an-inch-he-ll-take-an-ell/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [Do not that to another, which thou wouldst not have done to thyself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/do-not-that-to-another-which-thou-wouldst-not-have-done-to-thyself/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [For it is with the mysteries of our religion, as with wholesome pills for the sick, which swallowed whole, have the virtue to cure;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/for-it-is-with-the-mysteries-of-our-religion-as-with-wholesome-pills/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [Intemperance is naturally punished with diseases; rashness, with mischance; injustice; with violence of enemies; pride, with ruin; cowardice, with oppression; and rebellion, with slaughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/intemperance-is-naturally-punished-with-diseases-rashness-with/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/a-man-s-conscience-and-his-judgment-is-the-same-thing-and-as-the/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [He that is to govern a whole Nation , must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but Mankind; which though it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/he-that-is-to-govern-a-whole-nation-must-read-in-himself-not-this-or/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/if-men-are-naturally-in-a-state-of-war-why-do-they-always-carry-arms/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [Let a man (as most men do) rate themselves as the highest Value they can; yet their true Value is no more than it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/let-a-man-as-most-men-do-rate-themselves-as-the-highest-value-they/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [A free man is he that, in those things which by his strength and wit he is able to do, is not hindered to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/a-free-man-is-he-that-in-those-things-which-by-his-strength-and-wit/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [“Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/covenants-without-the-sword-are-but-words-and-of-no-strength-to/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/fear-of-things-invisible-in-the-natural-seed-of-that-which-everyone/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [Because silver and gold have their value from the matter itself, they have first this privilege, that the value of them cannot be altered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/because-silver-and-gold-have-their-value-from-the-matter-itself-they/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be more charged than he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/what-reason-is-there-that-he-which-laboreth-much-and-sparing-the/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [The cause of Sense, is the External Body, or Object, which presseth the organ proper to each Sense, either immediately, as in theTaste and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/the-cause-of-sense-is-the-external-body-or-object-which-presseth-the/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) > [The characters of man's heart, blotted and confounded as they are with dissembling, lying, counterfeiting, and erroneous doctrines, are legible only to him that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/the-characters-of-man-s-heart-blotted-and-confounded-as-they-are-with/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/thomas-hobbes/#itemlist", "name": "15 Causes Quotes By Thomas Hobbes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every 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