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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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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