Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZAI call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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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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Reason is no match for passion.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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