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| Bauch Spinoza Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minds are conquered not by arms but by love and magnanimity. | Conquest |
| 2 | Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its alone. | Freedom |
| 3 | The more a man imagines that he is praised by other men, the more is this joy strengthened; for the more a man imagines that he is praised by others, the more does he imagine that he affects others with joy accompanied by the idea of himself as a cause, | Honor |
| 4 | If we imagine any one to love, desire or hate anything which we ourselves love, hate or desire, by that very fact that we shall love, love, hate, or desire it the more. | Influence |
| 5 | Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence and justice. | Peace |
| 6 | Everthing in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect. | Science |
| 7 | If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past. | Time |
| 8 | Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it we must direct our lives in such a way as to please the fancy of men, avoiding what they dislike and seeking what is pleasing to them. | Fame |
| 9 | Desire is the essence of a man. | Desire |
| 10 | None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. | Flattery |
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