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Human nature3 quotes
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Man to Man is an arrant wolf. — Thomas Hobbes · 1642The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous or thinking that they can be made so by laws. — Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke · 1728State of nature3 quotes
In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Government2 quotes
In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Power2 quotes
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Truth2 quotes
Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Anarchy1 quote
In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Architecture1 quote
Architecture aims at Eternity. — Christopher Wren · 1680Barbarism1 quote
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Catholic church1 quote
The papacy is no other than the ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Civilization1 quote
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Cruelty1 quote
Man to Man is an arrant wolf. — Thomas Hobbes · 1642Curiosity1 quote
Curiosity...is a Lust of the mind. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Desire1 quote
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Desire for power1 quote
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Diversity of religion1 quote
Religion; which by reason of the different fancies, judgments, and passions of several men, hath grown up into ceremonies so different, that those which are used by one man, are for the most part ridiculous to another. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Duality of man1 quote
I know my soul hath power to know all things,
Yet is she blind and ignorant in all:
I know I'm one of Nature's little kings,
Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall. — Sir John Davies · 1599Facing death1 quote
I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. — Thomas Hobbes · 1679Knowledge1 quote
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Lies1 quote
True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Man and animals1 quote
There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape self-named Homo sapiens. — Desmond Morris · 1967Man and nature1 quote
It is a fine thing to be out on the hills alone. A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a great mountain. — Francis Kilvert · 1871Man's cruelty to man1 quote
Man to Man is an arrant wolf. — Thomas Hobbes · 1642Might makes right1 quote
Force, and fraud, are in war the two cardinal virtues. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Mystery of death1 quote
I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. — Thomas Hobbes · 1679Nations1 quote
Nations, like men, have their infancy. — Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke · 1752Nature1 quote
It is a fine thing to be out on the hills alone. A man can hardly be a beast or a fool alone on a great mountain. — Francis Kilvert · 1871Nature of power1 quote
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Political theory1 quote
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Politics1 quote
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651