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.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

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.

If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than
from our strength.

If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than
from our strength.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it read more

I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.