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Quote by Thomas Hobbes
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. - Thomas Ho

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. – Thomas Hobbes

Other quotes by Thomas Hobbes

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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Nature
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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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I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed. – Jerome K. Jerome

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Nature

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor natures gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever. – Jimmy Carter

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Nature

When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me. – Tim Burton

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Nature

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Nature

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