Famous Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

Below are famous quotes by Thomas Hobbes - English political philosopher (1588 - 1679).

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.

Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

Leisure is the mother of philosophy.

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