Quote by Thomas Hobbes
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge man

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. – Thomas Hobbes

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Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. – Thomas Hobbes

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That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. – Thomas Hobbes

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

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Ive only slept with men Ive been married to. How many women can make that claim? – Elizabeth Taylor

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I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters. – Susan B. Anthony

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Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. – Charles Spurgeon

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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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