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    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.

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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.

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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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And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its read more

And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its time,
And blanch, without the owner's crime,
The most resplendent hair.

by William Wordsworth 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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Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron read more

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth it's spark.

by Henri-fréderic Amiel Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.

Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.

by Robert Browning Found in: Passion Quotes,
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What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

by Roland Barthes Found in: Passion Quotes,
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What to ourselves in passion we propose,
The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.

What to ourselves in passion we propose,
The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

by Sir Walter Raleigh Found in: Passion Quotes,
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