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The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. - Henri

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Journal, 17 December 1856

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For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still. – George Chapman

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But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. – Aesop

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