Quotes About Passion

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Never did a man deeply in love allow the clocks to go on peacefully.

passion can blind even those who are ordinarily the most clear-headed.

Insensé, dit-il, le jour où j'avais résolu de me venger, de ne pas m'être arraché le cÅ"ur !

A man has carried off your mistress, a man has seduced your wife, a man has dishonored your daughter; he has rendered the whole life of one who had the right to expect from heaven that portion of happiness God has promised to every one of his creatures, an existence of misery and infamy; and you think you are avenged because you send a ball through the head, or pass a sword through the breast, of that man who has planted madness in your brain, and despair in your heart.

No man truly in love has ever let the hands of a clock go peacefully on their way.

Alas, madame! exclaimed Athos, to-day love is like war--the breastplate is becoming useless.

Dove troverete, ditemi, un amore simile al mio, un amore che né il tempo, né la lontananza, né la disperazione possono spegnere; un amore che si accontenta di un nastro smarrito, di uno sguardo perduto, di una parola sfuggita?

Besides, one requires the excitement of being hateful in the eyes of the accused, in order to lash one's self into a state of sufficient vehemence and power. I would not choose to see the man against whom I pleaded smile, as though in mockery of my words. No; my pride is to see the accused pale, agitated, and as though beaten out of all composure by the fire of my eloquence.

Insensato! disse. Dovevo strapparmi il cuore il giorno in cui decisi di vendicarmi!

Beneath passion and beyond pleasure, there is always a trace of remorse.

There is known to be a particular deity for drunkards and lovers.

We must never look for discretion in first love. First love is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy be allowed to overflow, it will stifle you.

No halfway emotions can exist in a heart swollen with utmost despair.

But, alas, I have heard it said that hearts inflamed by obstacles to their desire grew cold in time of security;

One easily believes what one desires.

Excitement, like enthusiasm, sometimes renders us unconscious to the things of earth.

Valentine, est-ce là tout ce que vous avez dans l'âme? Quoi! je vous engage ma vie, je vous donne mon âme, je vous consacre jusqu'au plus insignifiant battement de mon cÅ"ur, et quand je suis tout à vous, moi, quand je me dis tout bas que je mourrai si je vous perds, vous ne vous épouvantez pas, vous, à la seule idée d'appartenir à un autre!

He was about to marry a young and charming woman, whom he loved, not passionately, but reasonably, as became a deputy attorney of the king.

Never did a man, so deeply in love, allow the clocks to go on peacefully.

Insensato! - exclamou para consigo - No dia em que resolvera vingar-me deixei que me arrancassem o coração!

E tudo isso, meu Deus, porque o meu coração, que julgava morto, só estava adormecido; porque ele acordou, porque ele bateu, porque cedi à dor desse pulsar arrancado do fundo do meu peito pela voz de uma mulher.

Monte Cristo pressed on that pure beautiful forehead a kiss which made two hearts throb at once, the one violently, the other secretly.

I have heard it said that hearts inflamed by obstacles to their desire grew cold in time of security.