In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
BARUCH SPINOZAPride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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