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When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.

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Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

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No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

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Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

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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.

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A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

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A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.

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The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.

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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

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The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: April 5th, 1588

Died: December 4th, 1679

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