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Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
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.
If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than
from our strength.
If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than
from our strength.
Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the read more
Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual.
He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, read more
He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
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.
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.
And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its read more
And beauty, for confiding youth,
Those shocks of passion can prepare
That kill the bloom before its time,
And blanch, without the owner's crime,
The most resplendent hair.
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.
