Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes About Passion
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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.
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Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.
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A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.
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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
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The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
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Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
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If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes.
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