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Thomas Hobbes Quotes

English - Philosopher | April 5, 1588 - December 4, 1679

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

Man Living Privilege Absurdity Only

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

Nature Measure Profit Right State

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

Man Law Him Own Error His

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

Great I Am Dark Leap Take Voyage

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

Understanding Speech Nothing Than

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.

Future Alone Past Mind Present Lust

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.

Fear Religion Seed Invisible Things

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

Competition Envy Living Dead Praise

The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.

Sitting Empire Roman Empire Ghost

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.

Time War Battle Fighting Will Act

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.

Passion Laughter Glory Those Which

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

Time Experience Men Equal Things

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