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I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. – Thomas Hobbes

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The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature that is to say, of his own life. – Thomas Hobbes

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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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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. – Willa Cather

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Life and death are important. Dont suffer them in vain. – Bodhidharma

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I stay way from that area, and theres only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death. – Peter Steele

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Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs. – Isaiah Berlin

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