Thomas Hobbes

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

Give an inch, he'll take an ell.

Give an inch, he'll take an ell.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, read more

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.

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