He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
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Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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