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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

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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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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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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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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. – Charles De Gaulle

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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. – Samuel Johnson

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We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive. – Wayne Dyer

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

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