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Quote by Thomas Hobbes
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. – Thomas Hobbes

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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 fear, no more than without sense. – Thomas Hobbes

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Fear
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Thomas Hobbes
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The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. – Thomas Hobbes

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War
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Absurdity
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It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be. – Archibald MacLeish

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Absurdity

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Absurdity

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Absurdity

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. – Albert Camus

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Absurdity

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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. – Alan Alda

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I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed. – Dave Chappelle

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Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Maos China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. – Azar Nafisi

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The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. – Norman Cousins

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