Quote by Baruch Spinoza
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty o

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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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

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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. – Baruch Spinoza

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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. – Baruch Spinoza

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Walk on a rainbow trail walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail. – Robert Motherwell

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Were here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. Thats what art forms are about. – Charlie Haden

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A horse is a thing of beauty… none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. – Xenophon

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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. – George Henry Lewes

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