Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

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.

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

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

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

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...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent 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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a...

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a...

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We...

In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We...