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Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action read more
Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot read more
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all read more
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
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.
Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.
Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
