Thomas Hobbes Quotes

HOBBES, Thomas Quotes

(1588-1679), English philosopher

Desire

Our nature is inseparable from desires, and the very word desire—the craving for something not possessed— implies that our present felicity is not complete.

Mind

There are few who need complain of the narrowness of their minds if they will only do their best with them.

Obligation

Obligation is thraldom, and thraldom is hateful.

Reading

Had I read as much as others, I had remained as ignorant as they.

Words

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.