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Leviathan quotes

Thomas Hobbes

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“Time, and Industry, produce every day new knowledge.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“Force, and Fraud, are in warre the two Cardinall vertues.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“No mans error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“The Register of Knowledge Of Fact is called History.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“For such Truth, as opposeth no man profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“But this priviledge, is allayed by another; and that is, by the priviledge of Absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man onely.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“For Prudence, is but Experience; which equall time, equally bestowes on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“And when all the world is overchargd with Inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is Warre; which provideth for every man, by Victory, or Death.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“For it can never be that Warre shall preserve life, and Peace destroy it.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“For True and False are attributes of Speech, not of things. And where Speech in not, there is neither Truth nor Falshood.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“And this Feare of things invisible, is the naturall Seed of that, which every one in himself calleth Religion; and in them that worship, or feare that Power otherwise than they do, Superstition.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“For there is no such thing as perpetual Tranquillity of mind, while we live here; because Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves: For they see their own wit at hand, and other...” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the price.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“Christian Kings may erre in deducing a Consequence, but who shall Judge?” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“When two, or more men, know of one and the same fact, they are said to be CONSCIOUS of it one to another; which is as much as to know it together.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“And Beasts that have Deliberation must necessarily also have Will.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“For all uniting of strength by private men, is, if for evill intent, unjust; if for intent unknown, dangerous to the Publique, and unjustly concealed.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“And Credulity, because men love to be hearkened unto in company, disposeth them to lying: so that Ignorance it selfe without Malice, is able to make a man bothe to believe lyes, and tell them; and sometimes also to invent them.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

“The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the Appetite of the Contractors: and therefore the just value, is that which they be contented to give.” Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” - 1651

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