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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.
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.
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.
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
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.
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.
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.
Act nothing in furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
Act nothing in furious passion. It's putting to sea in a storm.
Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame;
Each to his passion; what's in a name?
Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame;
Each to his passion; what's in a name?
