Quotes by Baruch Spinoza
3 quotes by Baruch Spinoza (died 1677), taken from Ethics. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Ethics
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“A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.”
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“He, who lives under the guidance of reason, endeavours, as far as possible, to render back love, or kindness, for other men’s hatred, anger, contempt, &c., towards him.”
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“But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.”