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He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of love, fights with pleasure and confidence he resists equally one or many men, and scarcely needs at all the help of fortune. Those whom he conquers yield joyfully

Baruch Spinoza

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Baruch Spinoza
Age: 44 †
Born: 1632
Born: November 24
Died: 1677
Died: February 21
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If anyone conceives that he is loved by another, and believes that he has given no cause for such love, he will love that other in return.
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I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.
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