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“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”

“Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, 'mid the throng of hurrying desires That trample o'er the dead to seize their spoil, Lurks vengeance, footless, irresistible As exhaltations laden with slow death, And o'er the fairest troop of captured joys Breathes pallid pestilence.”

Soul Joy Desire Terror Breathe Chiefs Vengeance Spoil Captured Irresistible Hurrying Pestilence

Book:Daniel Deronda0: Collection of British and American Authors

Source: Daniel Deronda0: Collection of British and American Authors

“Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it - a desire which is immediate and irresistible. Sacrifice is gladness, service is joy, when such an idea becomes a commanding power.”

Important Ideas Truth Joy Desire Sacrifice Truth Is Conviction Irresistible Gladness

Author:Richard Salter Storrs

“Ambition, as that passion is generally understood,- a strong desire to rise above others, to occupy the first place, - formed no part of Lafayette's character. In him the passion was nothing more than a constant and irresistible wish to do good.”

Firsts Character Desire Passion Strong Wish Ambition Understood Constant Rise Above Irresistible Strong Desire Lafayette

Author:Marquis de Lafayette