Quote by Baruch Spinoza
"The basis of virtue is the endeavour to maintain being; the basis of all virtue is self-preservation."
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"He who has a true understanding of things experiences a kind of joy whenever he thinks of anything, hateful though it may be in itself."
"Fear cannot exist where there is hope."
"A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life."
"The human body is composed of a great number of parts of diverse nature."