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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.
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;
So calm are we when passions are no more!
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;
So calm are we when passions are no more!
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.
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
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O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!
Then with passion would I shake the world,
And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy
Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice,
Which scorns a modern invocation.
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron read more
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth it's spark.
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.
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.
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.
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.
