Baruch Spinoza: When we love a thing similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bring about that it should love us in retur

When we love a thing similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bri — Baruch Spinoza

When we love a thing similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bring about that it should love us in return.

Baruch Spinoza

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