The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against ever… — Quoted

“Quotes”

“The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.”

Thomas Hobbes · War

⇩

Show me another

Tip: press → for another quote, C to copy, S to share.

Thomas Hobbes

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.

Loneliness

Thomas Hobbes

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

Wisdom

Thomas Hobbes

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

Power

Thomas Hobbes

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

Power