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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
Baruch Spinoza
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Baruch Spinoza
Age: 44 †
Born: 1632
Born: November 24
Died: 1677
Died: February 21
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Be not astonished at new ideas for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.
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We must take care not to admit as true anything, which is only probable. For when one falsity has been let in, infinite others follow.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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