Famous quotes containing the word passions:
“The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)
“But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each other’s eyes.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)