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That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for

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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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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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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