He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAIf you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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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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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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