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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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The flesh endures the storms of the present alone the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind. – Thomas Hobbes

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There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. – Thomas Hobbes

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To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warriors spirit. It takes power to do that. – Carlos Castaneda

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In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. – Henry David Thoreau

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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Perfection is attained by slow degrees it requires the hand of time. – Voltaire

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