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Baruch Spinoza11 quotes
Nature abhors a vacuum. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677Man is a social animal. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677It 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 Spinoza · 1677Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677God and all the attributes of God are eternal. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677The 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 Spinoza · 1677All 11 quotes →Anne Frank3 quotes
It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. — Anne Frank · 1944What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews. — Anne Frank · 1944I want to go on living even after death! — Anne Frank · 1944