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Passions Quotes by Denis Diderot
- To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness, and passions; to…
- 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…
- Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does.
- Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
- To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like…
- One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his…
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- 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… — John Adams
- Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions,… — Bernard Baruch
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- It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. — Aesop