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Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.
Baruch Spinoza
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Baruch Spinoza
Age: 44 †
Born: 1632
Born: November 24
Died: 1677
Died: February 21
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Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.
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No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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I have resolved to demonstrate by a certain and undoubted course of argument, or to deduce from the very condition of human nature, not what is new and unheard of, but only such things as agree best with practice.
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