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Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action read more
Life is action and passion; therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.
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.
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.
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.
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
Fountain-heads and pathless groves,
Places which pale passion loves!
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.
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.
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.
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.
