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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical read more
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
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.
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.
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
