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Surely human affairs would be ...

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more easily than their words.

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We are so constituted by Natur...

We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don

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But if men would give heed to ...

But if men would give heed to the nature of substance they would doubt less concerning the Proposition that Existence appertains to the nature of substance: rather they would reckon it an axiom above all others, and hold it among common opinions. For then by substance they would understand that which is in itself, and through itself is conceived, or rather that whose knowledge does not depend on the knowledge of any other thing.

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In the mind there is no absolu...

In the mind there is no absolute or free will.

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If slavery, barbarism and deso...

If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune.

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I do not presume that I have f...

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.

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Desire is the essence of a man...

Desire is the essence of a man.

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None are more taken in by flat...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

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Fame has also this great drawb...

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

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Only that thing is free which ...

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

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Fear cannot be without hope no...

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

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We feel and know that we are e...

We feel and know that we are eternal.

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Those who are believed to be m...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

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All excellent things are as di...

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare.

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Music is good to the melanchol...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good or bad to the deaf.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

Peace is not an absence of war...

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

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I have striven not to laugh at...

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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The highest activity a human b...

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

Men govern nothing with more d...

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

I would warn you that I do not...

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.

Benedikt Spinoza 262 quotes

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