What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is read more

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

In men, we various ruling passions find;
In women two almost divide the kind;
Those only fix'd, read more

In men, we various ruling passions find;
In women two almost divide the kind;
Those only fix'd, they first or last obey.
The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.

He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, read more

He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.

Dancing in the chequer'd shade.

Dancing in the chequer'd shade.

if this night is all we have, we'll let sunrise wait for us.

if this night is all we have, we'll let sunrise wait for us.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.

Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.

Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining, and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore, read more

Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining, and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore, let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion!