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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Only that which exists out of the needs of its own nature and whose actions originate exclusively within itself is free.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Understanding is the beginning of approval.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Experience has shown us that there is nothing more difficult for a person to master than their own language.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Ideas are not mute paintings on a slate; an idea, insofar as it is an idea, includes an affirmation or a negation.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, trust, and justice.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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The most important activity that a human being can achieve is to learn to understand, because to understand is to be free.

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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Friendship prevents you from slipping into the abyss.

Germaine de Staël

Germaine de Staël

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Freedom is incompatible with love. A lover is always a slave.

Germaine de Staël

Germaine de Staël

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What is happiness but the development of our faculties?

Germaine de Staël

Germaine de Staël

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Women never measure sacrifices; neither their own, nor those of others.

Germaine de Staël

Germaine de Staël

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To the intelligent, one can convince; to the foolish, persuade.