"In the state of nature profit is the…" — Thomas Hobbes

"In the state of nature profit is the measure of right."

— Thomas Hobbes

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112 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes has 112 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Isn't your pants' zipper supposed to be in the front?
All men, among themselves, are by nature equal. The inequality we now discern hath its spring from the civil law.
What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be…
There are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.
A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be…
The world is governed by opinion.
It's my turn, to take a leap into the darkness!
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
A free man is he that, in those things which by his strength and wit he is able 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…

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More Measure Quotes

This quote is filed under Measure Quotes, one of 2,084 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can't really measure degrees of difficulty. — Paul Auster
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family… — Michele Bachmann
Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing. — Abu Bakr
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective… — Albert Bandura
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all… — Saint Basil
Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with… — Jean Baudrillard
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism… — Joseph Addison
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right… — Jeremy Bentham
It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real… — Alfred Adler
An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national… — Wendell Berry

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