John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 John Bartlett
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| For words are wise men’s counters,—they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools. |
| The Leviathan. Part i. Chap. iv. |
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| No arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. |
| The Leviathan. Part i. Chap. xviii. |