For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
Leviathan, social contract
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"Felicity is a continual progress of the desire, from one object to another; the attaining of the former, being still but the way to the latter."
Controversial"Riches, knowledge, and honour are but several sorts of power."
Humorous"The desires, and other passions of man, are in themselves no sin. No more are the actions that proceed from those passions, till they know a law that forbids them."
Controversial"The value, or worth of a man, is as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power: and therefore is not absolute; but a thing dependant on the need…"
Controversial"Curiosity is the lust of the mind."
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