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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.
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.
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
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.
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.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his read more
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
Search then the ruling passion; there alone,
The wild are constant, and the cunning known;
The fool read more
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.
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
