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Wisdom Quotes by Baruch Spinoza
- The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.
- Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
- I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
- Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
- A free man thinks of nothing less than of death; and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
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- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold