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I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it read more
I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.
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.
We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.
We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; read more
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
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.
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.
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.
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
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.
