Passions Quotes

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The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons;… — Mary Astell
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. — Honore de Balzac
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts… — John Adams
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so… — Bernard Baruch
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a… — Sarah Bernhardt
Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any… — Jeff Bezos
Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of… — Ambrose Bierce
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. — Aesop
One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one… — Wade Boggs
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. — Christian Nestell Bovee
We are minor in everything but our passions. — Elizabeth Bowen
If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. — James Buchan
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. — Edmund Burke
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. — Edmund Burke
As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure… — Lord Byron
Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people. — Lord Byron
Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not. — Deepak Chopra
I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance… — Chris Christie
The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts. — Peter Abelard
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. — Thomas Aquinas

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