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title: "3 Instinct Emotion Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/human-action-is-governed-largely-by-instinct-and-emotion/)

[Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/clarence-darrow-1714_action_human-action-is-governed-largely-by-inst_871802.png)

> [“He had violent passions, and on occasion desire seized his body so that he was driven to an orgy of lust, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/he-had-violent-passions-and-on-occasion-desire-seized-his-body-so/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-paolini/eragon-cried-out-and-in-his-desperation-he-reached-for-saphira-and/)

[Christopher Paolini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-paolini/)

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