Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
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Man is distinguished, not only by his reason but also by this singular passion from other animals... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.Thomas Hobbes
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.
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Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.
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Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seeds of religion
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Covenants without the sword are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
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As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
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