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Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, by Alexander Pope

Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf,

Alexander Pope
contentment passion fame

Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.

Alexander Pope
sincere fool passion
And hence one master-passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent,... by Alexander Pope

And hence one master-passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.

Alexander Pope
breasts passion masters
What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone. by Alexander Pope

What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.

Alexander Pope
undone passion reason
chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd. by Alexander Pope

chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd.

Alexander Pope
chaos passion

In men, we various ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.

Alexander Pope
passion love men
Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels a... by Alexander Pope

Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.

Alexander Pope
clue passion found
The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conque... by Alexander Pope

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

Alexander Pope
conquer passion literature

Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm of passion, and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to its inmost depths.

Alexander von Humboldt
passion nature heart

Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others.

Alexander von Humboldt
achievement passion successful

To be in the music industry, to be in any kind of entertainment industry, you really, really have to be passionate about it and love it and persevere, because if that passion isn't there, it's easy to give up. If you really want it, the ambition is there, it'll come. It's definitely harder work than some people think.

Alexandra Chando
passion giving-up ambition

My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work, their love for the journey we were sharing.

Alexandra Kerry
passion eye journey

That's where my passion was ignited, on the set of 'Pobol Y Cwm.' I loved it and I've had such a passion for TV and films. I can't do anything else.

Alexandra Roach
passion film tvs

There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless you are doing something unhealthy or destructive, take pride in your beliefs, passions, and values. Know that you will eventually meet people who will appreciate you for being you.

Alexandra Robbins
outlook-on-life passion pride

Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms

Alexandre Dumas
passion littles world
Love is the most selfish of all the passions. by Alexandre Dumas

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

Alexandre Dumas
selfish passion love-is

Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.

Alexis Carrel
passion dream adventure

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity. Trade makes men independent of one another and gives them a high idea of their personal importance: it leads them to want to manage their own affairs and teaches them to succeed therein. Hence it makes them inclined to liberty but disinclined to revolution.

Alexis de Tocqueville
independent passion love
I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity. by Alexis de Tocqueville

I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.

Alexis de Tocqueville
dignity passion liberty

There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion tends to elevate the humble to the rank of the great; but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.

Alexis de Tocqueville
passion powerful heart
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