This doctrine (of ruling passions) is in itself pernicious as well as false: its tendency is to produce the belief of a kind of moral predestination, or overruling principle which cannot be resisted; he that admits it, is prepared to comply with every desire that caprice or opportunity shall excite, and to flatter himself that […]
Passion Quotes
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
The passions rise higher at domestic than at imperial tragedies.
A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable, is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.
It is difficult to overcome one’s passions, and impossible to satisfy them.
They who allow their passions to confound the distinctions between right and wrong, are criminal. They may be convinced; but they have not come honestly by their conviction.
The will to overcome a passion is in the end merely the will of another or several other passions.
Never underestimate the power of passion.
It is the fate of almost every passion, when it has passed the bounds of which nature prescribes, to counteract its own purpose. Too much rage hinders the warrior from circumspection, too much eagerness of profit hurts the credit of the trader, too much ardour takes away from the lover that easiness of address with […]
