All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

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.

As nature preserves a fixed and immutable order; it must clearly follow that miracles are...

As nature preserves a fixed and immutable order; it must clearly follow that miracles are...

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke,...

I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke,...

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.