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

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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.

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 call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent,...

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent,...

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

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

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by...

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by...

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

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...

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where...

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where...

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

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

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...

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

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...

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when...

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...