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Passion is the genesis of genius.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
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But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other's eyes.
- Isaac Watts,
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
Search then the ruling passion; there alone,
The wild are constant, and the cunning known;
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Search then the ruling passion; there alone,
The wild are constant, and the cunning known;
The fool consistent, and the false sincere;
Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.