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I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.
I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.
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.
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
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.
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.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
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.
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.