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For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
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O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy
Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice,
Which scorns a modern invocation.
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever read more
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.
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.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
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!
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
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.
