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And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath
Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death.
And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath
Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death.
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.
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.
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.
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and read more
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
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.
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.
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.
Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.
Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.
