Philosopher

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

Biasanya terjadi pada kebanyakan pria bahwa sifat mereka dibentuk sedemikian rupa sehingga mereka mengasihani mereka yang bernasib buruk dan iri pada mereka yang bernasib baik.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Mungkin dengan mudah terjadi bahwa orang yang sia-sia menjadi sombong dan membayangkan dirinya menyenangkan semua orang ketika pada kenyataannya dia adalah sebuah gangguan universal.

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

Sudah pasti bahwa mereka yang paling menginginkan kehormatan atau kemuliaan yang berteriak paling keras tentang penyalahgunaannya dan kesia-siaan dunia.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Jika fakta bertentangan dengan teori, baik teori itu harus diubah atau fakta.

Desire is the very essence of man.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Dosa tidak dapat dipahami dalam keadaan alami, tetapi hanya dalam keadaan sipil, di mana hal itu ditentukan dengan persetujuan bersama tentang apa yang baik atau buruk.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.