The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
Interpretation
Everyone has private thoughts that encompass a wide range of subjects, free from judgment.
This quote by Thomas Hobbes suggests that a person's internal thoughts can traverse across numerous topics, whether they are sacred or sinful, serious or trivial. It highlights the complexity of human thought, emphasizing that our minds are capable of contemplating all facets of existence without the constraints of societal judgment or moral accountability.
In practice
In a philosophical debate about the nature of human thought.
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say, into Eternal life, that is to say, to Remission of Sin. For as Eternal life was lost by the committing, so it is recovered by the remitting of men's sins.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.
The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.
If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist. If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not make you a sexist. If you think critically about a denomination, it does not make you anti-religion. If you accept but don't celebrate homosexuality, it does not make you a homophobe.
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.
Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.
Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?
O, call back yesterday, bid time return
All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.
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