Quote by Thomas Hobbes
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known. – Thomas Hobbes

Other quotes by Thomas Hobbes

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. – Thomas Hobbes

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Men
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The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns. – Thomas Hobbes

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Death
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War
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With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how youre gonna get out of it. Its like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When youre acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling. – John Cusack

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War

If we dont end war, war will end us. – H. G. Wells

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War

The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to believe they have something at stake and work together. In the absence of this it will become political and interest-oriented. – Hamid Karzai

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War

Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. – Otto von Bismarck

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War

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I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and its pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living. – Harry Nilsson

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Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher [quality of life] not because of what it has, but rather because of what it does not have! – Don A. Dillman, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,

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The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery. – Erik H. Erikson

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Inner Child

I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, Oh, Im running around town and people are taking my picture, while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed. – Christina Hendricks

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Learning