There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. – Baruch Spinoza
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. – Baruch Spinoza

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. – Baruch Spinoza
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. – Baruch Spinoza
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. – Baruch Spinoza
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. – Baruch Spinoza