Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen 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 connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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