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

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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

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Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

by William Penn Found in: Passion Quotes,
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The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.

The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Passion Quotes,
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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.

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Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the read more

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual.

by C. C. Colton Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.

Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.

by William Collins Found in: Passion Quotes,
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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.]

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The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;
So calm are we when passions are no more!

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;
So calm are we when passions are no more!

by Edmund Waller Found in: Passion Quotes,
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