Quotes:Of all the stages in a woman's life, none is so dangerous as the period between her acknowledgement of a
passion for a man, and the day set apart for her nuptials.
View quotes by Hugh KellyThere is an evening twilight of the heart,
When its wild
passion-waves are lulled to rest.
View quotes by Fitz-Greene HalleckNo
passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
View quotes by Edmund BurkeHe fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a
passion to which he has always remained faithful (The Acceptance World)
View quotes by Anthony PowellHow can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a
passion which spares nothing.
View quotes by Albert CamusRevenge is an act of
passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
View quotes by Samuel JohnsonAll human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason,
passion, and desire.
View quotes by AristotleThere is no greatness without a
passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
View quotes by Anthony RobbinsThe thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that
passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents
View quotes by MontaigneMy own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this
passion for?
View quotes by Virginia WoolfExtreme avarice is nearly always mistaken; there is no
passion which is oftener further away from its mark, nor upon which the present has so much power to the prejudice of the future
View quotes by Duc De La RochefoucauldI've always felt that my generation was the last group to have
passion about the game. Some of today's guys don't seem to share that interest and it shows.
View quotes by Tim HenmanI love tennis with a
passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.
View quotes by Boris JohnsonPassion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
View quotes by Saint AugustineAs long as I retain my feeling and my
passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other
passions and resist or endure those of others.
View quotes by Lord ByronWithout
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.
View quotes by Henri-Frederic AmielWhen men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have then given views to
passion, without that proper deliberation and suspense which can alone secure them from the grossest absurdities
View quotes by David HumeThe profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or
passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
View quotes by Ralph Waldo EmersonNothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the
passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!
View quotes by Bernard FontenelleThe qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding
passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.
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