"To know: it is to see inside oneself."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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"To express myself briefly, Goethe was the Spinoza of poetry. The whole of Goethe's poetry is filled with the same spirit that is wafted toward us from the writings of Spinoza. There is no doubt whatso…"

— Baruch Spinoza

Philosophy1632–1677

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"I hated it. Everybody'd say, "Hey, mama, what's happening?" Then came the Mamas and Papas and I was stuck with it. And now people call me Mama Cass because of the baby. So I don't know whether I'm gon…"

— Cass Elliot

Music1941–1974

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"I know where my lane is, and I know how to stay in my lane. My lane is evolving the consciousness of people."

— Oprah Winfrey

Entertainment1954

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"Sometimes I think that TV evangelism is one of Satan’s greatest weapons. They put these guys on a pedestal and all of a sudden they get caught with a prostitute, and every Christian I know then is und…"

— Alice Cooper

Music1948

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