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Philosophical Quotes by Thomas Hobbes
- I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
- Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
- Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.
- He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.
- Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
- Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.
- A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.
- The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
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- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle