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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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Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto. – Thomas Hobbes

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

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Absurdity

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it. – Vaclav Havel

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Absurdity

Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with ones own opinion. – Ambrose Bierce

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Absurdity

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. – Agnes Repplier

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I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same. – Edward VIII

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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings

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