Quote by Thomas Hobbes
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own

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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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 obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them. – Thomas Hobbes

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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

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I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it. – Jimi Hendrix

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I like figuring out where I need to be mentally so that Im not thinking about the camera and that its second nature. I want to get to a place where I can exist within the confines of what you can do with filmmaking and not have to think about it. – Anna Kendrick

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Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves. – Werner Heisenberg

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Its our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people. – Carrot Top

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