He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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