When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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