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Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
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.
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.
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.
We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
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.
