Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master."
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Prey
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Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them."
Woody Allen
Director, Actor, Writer
"I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have done all of that without being in psychoanalysis."
Teresa Mummert
Author
"Here we don't pray for the weak, we prey on the weak."
Henri
Artist
"I stood still, a prey to a thousand thoughts, stifled in the robe of the evening."
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"Where was my heart to flee for refuge from my heart? Whither was I to fly, where I would not follow? In what place should I not be prey to myself?"
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"If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves."
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"The lack of a sense of history makes us really prey to manipulation."
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"A hunter in love with his prey."
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"In America it is not considered to be mentally ill when a woman advances on her prey in a discotheque setting with hardy cocktails present."
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"An old cat sports not with her prey."
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"All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous."
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