Maxioms by Thomas Hobbes
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
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
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.
The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only.
The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
