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— Baruch Spinoza"If we love something similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bring it about that it should love us in return."
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He who hates anyone will endeavor to do him an injury, unless he fears that a greater injury will thereby accrue to himself; on the other hand, he who loves anyone will, by the same law, seek to benefit him.
— Baruch Spinoza
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