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 SPINOZAThe most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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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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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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