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There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here because life itself is but motion, and can n

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"There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense"

- Thomas Hobbes

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This quote is written / told by Thomas Hobbes between April 5, 1588 and December 4, 1679. He/she was a famous Philosopher from England. The author also have 33 other quotes.

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