Epigram · Philosophical literatureWhat a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, feeble earth-worn, depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe.Blaise PascalPensees · 1670★ 7.0
Treatise · Philosophical literatureIt therefore comes to pass that everyone is fond of relating his own exploits and displaying the strength both of his body and his mind, and that men are on this account a nuisance one to the other.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 6.9
PoemIf ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can.Anne BradstreetTo my Dear and Loving Husband · 1672★ 6.9
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.Baruch SpinozaTractatus Politicus · 1677★ 6.1
EpigramHypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.Francois de La RochefoucauldReflections · 1678★ 6.1
Play · Tragedy (play) · TragedyA service beyond all recompense Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense.Pierre CorneilleSurena · 1674★ 6.0
Epigram · Philosophical literatureThe last act is bloody, no matter how happy the rest of the play.Blaise PascalPensees · 1670★ 5.5
Treatise · Philosophical literatureGod and all the attributes of God are eternal.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 5.5
Tragedy (play) · TragedyBoast not of what thou would'st have done, but do What then thou would'st.John Milton1671★ 5.4
Play · Drama (play)Death in itself is nothing, but we fear To be we know not what, we know not where.John DrydenAurenge-Zebe · 1675★ 5.3
The things which...are esteemed as the greatest good of all…can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With those three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.Baruch Spinoza1677★ 5.2
EpigramAbsence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.Francois de La RochefoucauldReflections · 1678★ 5.2
EpigramIn the misfortune of our best friends we often find something that is not displeasing.Francois de La RochefoucauldReflections · 1678★ 5.2
Epigram · Philosophical literatureWe know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.Blaise PascalPensees · 1670★ 4.7
Treatise · Philosophical literaturePride is therefore pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 4.5
Treatise · Philosophical literatureHe who would distinguish the true from the false must have an adequate idea of what is true and false.Baruch SpinozaEthics · 1677★ 4.5
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