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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Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. – Baruch Spinoza

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Jealousy
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. – Baruch Spinoza

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Happiness
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To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. – Baruch Spinoza

Category:
power
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power
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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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power

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it. – John Henrik Clarke

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power

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants. – George W. Bush

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power

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. – James Madison

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power

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A half truth is a whole lie. – Yiddish Proverb

Category:
Honesty

I start thinking about life after death. Ive got to quit thinking about it because its very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you dont feel like you want to be alive, so I dont like to get all quiet. – David Ortiz

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Death

What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news. – Sydney Schanberg

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sad

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. – Allen Klein

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Humor