He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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