Quote by Thomas Hobbes
Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laug

Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laughter. – 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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Peace
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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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Fear
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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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Fear
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Other Quotes from
Glory
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Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis? – Christopher Marlowe

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Glory

Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave? – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Glory

The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them. – Baron Grimm

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Glory

Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes. – Marcus Valerius Martial

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Glory

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Imagination is the true magic carpet. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Thats what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how weve changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning. – Richard Bach

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Learning

Intelligence is nothing without delight. – Paul Claudel

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Intelligence

I try to treat each evening and weekend as little slices of retirement because no one is guaranteed a lengthy one at the end of their career. – Mike Hammar

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Retirement