For words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.
Leviathan, social contract
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Humorous"The greatest part of mankind, though they have the use of reason, yet they do not use it to that end."
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Strange & Unusual"The science of every man's duty, which is called ethics, is nothing else but the knowledge of what is good and evil in the actions of men."
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