Thomas Hobbes Quotes About Competition
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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
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Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.
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So that in the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory. The first maketh men invade for gain; the second, for safety; and the third, for reputation. The first use violence, to make themselves masters of other men's persons, wives, children, and cattle; the second, to defend them; the third, for trifles, as a word, a smile, a different opinion, and any other sign of undervalue, either direct in their persons or by reflection in their kindred, their friends, their nation, their profession, or their name.
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