If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

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...

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

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

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...

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

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

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

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...

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

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.

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,...

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.

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,...

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our...

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our...

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

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

It is the human wish to be told lies that keep us as primitive morally...

It is the human wish to be told lies that keep us as primitive morally...

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.