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

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...

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...

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...

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

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 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 things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand...

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand...

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

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,...

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...

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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

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

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.