Quote by Baruch Spinoza
Ambition is the immoderate desire for power. - Baruch Spinoza

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power. – Baruch Spinoza

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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. – Baruch Spinoza

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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. – Baruch Spinoza

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Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it. – Carolyn Heilbrun

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Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected. – William Plomer

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In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe its simply because I wasnt that committed to geometry. – Twyla Tharp

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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. – John Stuart Mill

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