Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
BARUCH SPINOZAEmotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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