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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#almost #could #difficult #excellent #found

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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

— Baruch Spinoza

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As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

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I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

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I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

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I write in American slang. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

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