Flesh Quote by Thomas Hobbes

“The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.” quote by Thomas Hobbes — Download Open image

“The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.”

Thomas Hobbes

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