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    It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

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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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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Passion Quotes,
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May I govern my passions with absolute sway,
And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.

May I govern my passions with absolute sway,
And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.

by Walter Pope Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

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if this night is all we have, we'll let sunrise wait for us.

if this night is all we have, we'll let sunrise wait for us.

by Paul Acquasanta Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

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He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, read more

He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

by Ovid Found in: Passion Quotes, Wine Quotes,
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When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst read more

When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.

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