Thomas Hobbes Philosophical Quotations

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdom of God; and to prepare their minds to become his obedient subjects; leavingthe world, and the Philosophy thereof, to the disputation of men, for the exercising of their natural Reason.

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

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

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

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

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

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