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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

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. – Thomas Hobbes

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Death
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Thomas Hobbes
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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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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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War
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Thomas Hobbes
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Other Quotes from
Nature
category

“We dont do things we arent good at by nature. I wouldnt play basketball because Im only 5 1″”. Find what you enjoy – whether its racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once youve done that, you have the passion you need.” – Danica Patrick

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Nature

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands. – Marquis de Sade

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Nature

Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature. – Steven Pinker

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Nature

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Nature

Random Quotes

Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religions imminent demise. – Jonathan Sacks

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Religion

The thing you cant let go of is gravity. The reality of gravity in writing. If someone says something really mean in a sitcom, and the next wave isnt a reaction to the reality of that, you start losing relatability. In a lot of romantic comedies, they throw out the rules of life. – Michael Patrick King

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Romantic

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. – Washington Irving

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Business

I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts – the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products. – Richard Wagner

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Men