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Quote Left Man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure. Quote Right
Quote Left Desire to know why, and how - curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge - exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure. Quote Right
Quote Left Desire to know why, and how -- curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge -- exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure. Quote Right
Quote Left All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain. Quote Right
Quote Left Oh lovely snowball, packed with care, Smack a head that's unaware! Then with freezing ice to spare, Melt and soak through underwear! Fly straight and true, hit hard and square! This, oh snowball, is my prayer. Quote Right
Quote Left It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Quote Right
Quote Left Force, and fraud, are in war the two cardinal virtues. Quote Right
Quote Left Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table David Hume could out consume Schopenhauer and Hegel And Wittgenstein was a beery swine Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'Bout the raising of the wrist Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed John Stuart Mill, of his own free will On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill Plato they say, could stick it away Half a crate of whiskey every day Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle Hobbes was fond of his dram And Rene' Descartes was a drunken fart 'I drink, therefore I am' Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed A lovely little thinker But a bugger when he's pissed Quote Right
Quote Left The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Quote Right
Quote Left I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to alot of life. Quote Right
Quote Left The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdom of God; and to prepare their minds to become his obedient subjects; leaving the world, ... Quote Right
Quote Left In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. Quote Right
Quote Left Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. Quote Right
Quote Left Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome. Quote Right
Quote Left To say that God is an incorporeal substance, is to say in effect there is no God at all. What alleges he against it, but the School-divinity w... Quote Right
Quote Left Leisure is the mother of Philosophy. Quote Right
Quote Left As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body. Quote Right
Quote Left Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power. Quote Right
Quote Left Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. Quote Right
Quote Left Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure man needs the help. Quote Right
Quote Left The surest sign intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is the fact that none of it has tried to contact us. Quote Right
Quote Left For it is with the mysteries of our religion, as with wholesome pills for the sick, which swallowed whole, have the virtue to cure; but chewed, are for the most part cast up again without effect. Quote Right
Quote Left Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. Quote Right
Quote Left Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair. Quote Right
Quote Left Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are the money of fools. Quote Right
Quote Left Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help. Quote Right
Quote Left A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous. Quote Right
Quote Left It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. Quote Right
Quote Left The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame. Quote Right
Quote Left When the nature of the thing is incomprehensible, I can acquiesce in the Scripture: but when the signification of words is incomprehensible, I... Quote Right
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