Passions Quotes

943 Passions quotes by 610 unique authors

Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than… — Alexander Hamilton
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition… — Alexander Hamilton
Take mankind in general, they are vicious-their passions may be operated upon. — Alexander Hamilton
In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men… — Alexander Hamilton
It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have conquered their passions… — John Climacus
[My boys] bloody well will work. Same as myself, same as David. They're not going to be the kinds of kids that just hang about.… — Victoria Beckham
The strongest and most evil spirits have to date advanced mankind the most: they always rekindled the sleeping passions - all orderly arranged society lulls… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions, in such a way as… — Niccolo Machiavelli
God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent… — Francois Fenelon
We can at least try to understand our own motives, passions, and prejudices, so as to be conscious of what we are doing when we… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the long examination which life sets… — William James
Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated… — William Blake
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions — David Hume
How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence. — Benjamin Disraeli
Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made… — Thomas a Kempis
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love — William Shakespeare
All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong. — John Ruskin
Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Whenever I meet with anything agreeable in this world it surprises me so much - and pleases me so much (when my passions are not… — Lord Byron
Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have… — Thomas Jefferson
There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that a… — George Santayana
It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the passions that have… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Without passions you have no experience whatever. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where… — Samuel Johnson

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