Clever Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

— Anonymous

“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Passion is the genius of genius.

— Tony Robbins

Passion is the genesis of genius.

— Anonymous

Passion is like genius: a miracle.

— Romain Rolland

Passion does not make careful arguments: it declares itself, and that is enough.

— Jane Hirshfield

People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to…

— Brandon Sanderson

The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.

— Henri Frederic Amiel