thomas hobbes

“ All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called ”

“ Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminence in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own former self. ”

“ Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power. ”

“ It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit. ”

“ They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that mislike it, heresy: and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion. ”

“ Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech. ”

“ War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known. ”

“ Give an inch, he'll take an ell. ”

“ In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. ”

“ Curiosity is the lust of the mind. ”