Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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

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

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

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.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

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...

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

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.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.