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.
BARUCH SPINOZANature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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