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

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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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.

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.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

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.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no...

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.