Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
From Thomas Hobbes
He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.
They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.
Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.
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