Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

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...

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,...

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 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.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

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...

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...

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

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...

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...

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of 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 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...

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,...

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

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...

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Desire can attain the darkest human terror and give an actual ideal of hell and...

Desire can attain the darkest human terror and give an actual ideal of hell and...

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve...

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can...