Passion

Take heed lest passion swayWould not admit.

— Passion

Discover your divine assignment and you have no reason to retreat. Discover your passion and you laugh in the face of defeat.

— Passion

Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.

— Passion

Strong passions mean weak will.

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If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children.

— Passion

Search then the ruling passion; there alone,Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.

— Passion

And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breathShall feel your ruling passion strong in death.

— Passion

In men, we various ruling passions find;The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.

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The ruling passion, be it what it will,The ruling passion conquers reason still.

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Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.

— Passion

The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

— Passion

The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.

— Passion

Give me that manThat is not passion's slave.

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What to ourselves in passion we propose,The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.

— Passion

O, that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth!Then with a passion would I shake the world.

— Passion

Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?They do not point on me.

— Passion

We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions.

— Passion

Only I discernOf finite hearts that yearn.

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For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,One passion doth expel another still.

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Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame;Each to his passion; what's in a name?

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If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than from our strength.

— Passion

Where passion leads or prudence points the way.

— Passion

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

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Passions are likened best to floods and streams,The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

— Passion

He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force,Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.

— Passion

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;So calm are we when passions are no more!

— Passion

But, children, you should never let To tear each other's eyes.

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And beauty, for confiding youth, The most resplendent hair.

— Passion

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 its spark.

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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

— Passion

Fountain-heads and pathless groves,Places which pale passion loves!

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Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.

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Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

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Connect with all the passions people have - for themselves, their families and their wider world - and they'll follow you to the ends of the earth. They will spread goodwill about your business, work hard for you, and buy your products, services and stock with pride. You will attract the best people, form highly motivated teams, collect loyal customers, sell the strongest brands with the greatest purpose and highest values, promising a better future.

— Passion

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.

— Passion

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

— Passion

The passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

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Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

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Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

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We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.

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Matter gave birth to a passion that has no equal, which proceeded from something contrary to nature. Then there arises a disturbance in its whole body.

— Passion

[T]his man who is devoured by jealousy, hatred, avarice, or ambition, can never find any rest. The most peaceful spot, the freshest and most calming drinks are alike useless to one who has not freed his heart from the torment of passion.

— Passion