They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch. – Marquis De Sade

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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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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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Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state? – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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