Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
BARUCH SPINOZAHappiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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