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.
BARUCH SPINOZASelf-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Reason is no match for passion.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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