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Quote by Thomas Hobbes
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we

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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Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto. – Thomas Hobbes

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The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them. – Thomas Hobbes

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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. – Samuel Butler

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Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. – Brendan Francis

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I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early. – Max Baer

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You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor. – John Mayer

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