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Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Do not that to another, which thou wouldst not have done to thyself.
Men measure not only other men, but all other things, by themselves.
No mans error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
And Beasts that have Deliberation , must necessarily also have Will .
No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against them.
The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.
A Covenant not to defend my selfe from force, by force, is always voyd.
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
Christian Kings may erre in deducing a Consequence, but who shall Judge?
Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing.
If I had read as much as other men I would have known no more than they.
Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Curiosity draws a man from consideration of the effect, to seek the cause.
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here.
The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good.
Understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
Science [is] knowledge of the truth of Propositions and how things are called.
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body
... it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
and where men build on false grounds, the more they build, the greater is the ruine
No man is bound by the words themselves, either to kill himselfe, or any other man.
Geometry is the only science that it hath pleased God hitherto to bestow on mankind.
Prudence is a presumption of the future, contracted from the experience of time past.
And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price.
Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing.
Love is a person's idea about his/her needs in other person what you are attracted to.
Leisure is the mother of philosophy; and commonwealth, the mother of peace and leisure.
When a man tells me God hath spoken in a dream, I know he dreamt that God spoke to him.
Men looke not at the greatnesse of the evill past, but the greatnesse of the good to follow.
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.
Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.
A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.
For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
If any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies.
The Enemy has been here in the night of our natural ignorance, and sown the tares of spiritual errors.
Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.
This is that law of the Gospel; whatsoever you require that others should do to you, that do ye to them.
Thoughts are to the Desires as Scouts and Spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired.
He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.