Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
BARUCH SPINOZANature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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