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Quote by Thomas Hobbes
He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, t

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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During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. – Thomas Hobbes

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power
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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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Death
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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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I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in gaol is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long. – Oscar Wilde

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A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Stone walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage; minds innocent and quiet take that for an hermitage. – Richard Lovelace

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Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former. – Horace Mann

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I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go. – Michael Jackson

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Of all the things Ive done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal. – Walt Disney

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