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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He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. – 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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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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The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. – Charles Dickens

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Well, I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste man. – William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. – Bertrand Russell

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. – Aristotle

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Love and work… work and love, thats all there is. – Sigmund Freud

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When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But its more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I dont practice or preach it, however. – Uma Thurman

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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. – Chinese Proverb

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