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    It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

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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.

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I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

by Albert Camus Found in: Passion Quotes,
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May I govern my passions with absolute sway,
And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.

May I govern my passions with absolute sway,
And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.

by Walter Pope Found in: Passion Quotes,
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What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

by Roland Barthes Found in: Passion Quotes,
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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.

by Johann Kaspar Lavater Found in: Passion Quotes,
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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.

by Patricia Moyes Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

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Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.

by Paul Eldridge Found in: Passion Quotes,
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We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.

We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.

by Thomas Dekker Found in: Passion Quotes,
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