Thomas Hobbes

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only.

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only.

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no read more

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his
price; that is to say, read more

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.