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I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step read more
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
 But, children, you should never let
 Such angry passions rise;
  Your little hands were never made
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 But, children, you should never let
 Such angry passions rise;
  Your little hands were never made
   To tear each other's eyes.
   - Isaac Watts, 
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
 Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It 
merely intensifies it. We can have but one great read more 
 Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It 
merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at 
best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as 
often as possible. 
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
 Take heed lest passion sway
 Thy judgment to do aught, which else fee will
  Would not admit.  
 Take heed lest passion sway
 Thy judgment to do aught, which else fee will
  Would not admit. 
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.
 In men, we various ruling passions find;
 In women two almost divide the kind;
  Those only fix'd, read more 
 In men, we various ruling passions find;
 In women two almost divide the kind;
  Those only fix'd, they first or last obey.
   The love of pleasure, and the love of sway. 
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.