Quote by Thomas Hobbes
Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on a

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

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He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. – Thomas Hobbes

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The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater that you were watching a real person, yes, but an intense condensation of his experience, not simply a realistic series of episodes. – Arthur Miller

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I dont think Ive ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldnt be ours anymore. – Steve Jobs

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You know, young actors say all the time, Should I use my own life experience? And my response is, What choice do you have? – David Mamet

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Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. – George Santayana

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I never close a door on any other religion. Most of the time, some part of it makes sense to me. I dont believe everyone has to chant just because I chant. I believe all religion is about touching something inside of yourself. – Tina Turner

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Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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