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Things Quotes by 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 do…
- Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
- By this we may understand, there be two sorts of knowledge, whereof the one is nothing else but sense, or knowledge original (as I have…
- And as to the faculties of the mind, setting aside the arts grounded upon words, and especially that skill of proceeding upon generall, and infallible…
- For after the subject is removed or the eye shut, we still retain an image of the things seen, though more obscure than when we…
- Thoughts are to the Desires as Scouts and Spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired.
- That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary,…
- Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seeds of religion
- Whatsoever accidents Or qualities our sense make us think there be in the world, they are not there, but are seemings and apparitions only. The…
- The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given…
- True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood.
- The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
- For if all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.
- Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
- Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
More Things Quotes
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- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle