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Baruch Spinoza Quote - If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Arms Conquer Love Mind Noble
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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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Desire Difficult Men Moderation Tongue Words
No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Cause Goals Human Imagination Nature View
Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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Desire Mankind Men Reason Rule
Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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