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Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.

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Thomas Hobbes
Age: 91 †
Born: 1588
Born: April 5
Died: 1679
Died: December 4
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This I know God cannot sin, because his doing a thing makes it just, and consequently, no sin.... And therefore it is blasphemy to say, God can sin but to say, that God can so order the world, as a sin may be necessarily caused thereby in a man, I do not see how it is any dishonor to him.
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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
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