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Baruch Spinoza Quote - The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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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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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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 most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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