Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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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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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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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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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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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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