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Baruch Spinoza Quotes: Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
         

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.


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Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.



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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.



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Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.



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