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Baruch Spinoza Quote - When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.

When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.

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Bitching Character Human Nature Judgment
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Foundation Preservation Primary Virtue
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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Happiness Inspirational One Liner Reward Virtue
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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Attribute Beautiful Beauty Confusion Imagination Nature Relation Ugly
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Desire Difficult Men Moderation Tongue Words
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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Belong Man Nature Understand
Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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