Great Passions Quotes

16 quotes by 13 authors

The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very… — Oscar Wilde
Great passions may give us a quickened sense of life, ecstasy and sorrow of love, the various forms of enthusiastic activity, disinterested or otherwise, which… — Walter Pater
Traveling is one of my great passions and something I do a lot of. — Sabrina Lloyd
One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia. — Lynn Abbey
Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them — Oscar Wilde
They ended as all great passions do end - by a misunderstanding. — Honore de Balzac
Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art… — Denis Diderot
And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many… — Norman MacCaig
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. — Denis Diderot
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences. — Soren Kierkegaard
Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while. — Anna Magnani
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely… — Lev S. Vygotsky
There are some who live by every rule and cling tightly to their rectitude because they fear being swept away by a tempest of passion,… — Philip Pullman
As a rule, we must not be the slaves of passion; rather, we must be the possessors of great passions. Through passion commences power, but… — C. JoyBell C.

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