Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; read more

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

In the black of my midnight you're the star for me.

In the black of my midnight you're the star for me.

All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat
and cold of the blood.
[Fr., Toutes read more

All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat
and cold of the blood.
[Fr., Toutes les passions ne sout autre chose que les divers
degres de la chaleur et de la froideur du sang.]

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most read more

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what read more

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.

We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.

Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
These are read more

Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope,
They do not point on me.