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A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.
(Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Sappho, in Sappho, act 3, sc. 1 (1819).)
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
(Denis Diderot (1713-1784), French philosopher. repr. In Selected Writings, ed. Lester G. Crocker (1966). Elements of Physiology, "Will, Freedom," (notes written 1774-1780, originally published 1875-1877).)
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Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
(Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), German critic, philosopher. repr. In Illuminations, ed. Hannah Arendt (1968). Unpacking My Library (1931).)
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There had been years of Passion—scorching, cold,
And much Despair, and Anger heaving high,
(Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), British novelist, poet. And There Was a Great Calm (l. 1-2). . .
The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy. James Gibson, ed. (1978) Macmillan.)
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In her first passion woman loves her lover,
In all the others all she loves is love.
(George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet. Don Juan, cto. 3, st. 3 (1819-1824).)
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Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.
(Franηois, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 334 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).)
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Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.
(Franηois, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 334 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).)
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In her first passion woman loves her lover,
In all the others all she loves is love.
(George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824), British poet. Don Juan, cto. 3, st. 3 (1819-1824).)
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