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

Other quotes by Thomas Hobbes

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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The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns. – Thomas Hobbes

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Men must know their limitations. – Clint Eastwood

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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. – Abraham Maslow

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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry. – Thomas Jefferson

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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. – John Quincy Adams

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There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

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