Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan.
“Felicity is a continual progress of the desire, from one object to another; the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.”
“For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.”
“Hell is truth seen too late.”
“And because the condition of man . . . is a condition of war of every one against every one, in which case every one is governed by his own reason, and there is nothing he can make use of that may ...”
“For, from the time that the Bishop of Rome had gotten to be acknowledged for bishop universal, by pretence of succession to St. Peter, their whole hierarchy, or kingdom of darkness, may be compared...”
“The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions. Defect in the understanding is ignorance; in reasoning, erroneous o...”
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
“News told, rumors heard, truth implied, facts buried.”
“She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.”
“Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice. ”
“Simple life is always good. Fortune should not be created on other's money.”
“As long as he deceived himself about the truth, he could blame fortune and have confidence in the future. Now the clouds of madness were closing round his mind.”
“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already...”
“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, ...”
“Well, good luck, the Vietnam verbal tic...It was as though people couldnt stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, Die, motherfucker. Usuall...”