He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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