Quote by Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because

Summary

This quote suggests that all passions, or intense emotions and desires, have a tendency to overstate or amplify things. It argues that the very essence of a passion is rooted in its tendency to exaggerate. By highlighting the exaggeration inherent in passions, the quote reminds us of the intensity and irrationality often associated with these strong emotions, emphasizing that the very nature of passion lies in its propensity to greatly magnify our feelings and perceptions.

Topics

By Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

In time it will become clear to everyone that support for th

In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself.

Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are

Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

Lord Chesterfield

The truth displayed in a good life is the fairest of images.

The truth displayed in a good life is the fairest of images.

HalldÃ³r Laxness

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

It would take battalions of angels to protect us from our dr

It would take battalions of angels to protect us from our dreaded dangers, though in a long lifetime few of the dangers come to anything.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.

Phillips Brooks

Her face ... was a one-of-a-kind, a surprising variation on

Her face ... was a one-of-a-kind, a surprising variation on a familiar theme - a variation that made observers think, Yes - that would be another very nice way for people to look. What Beatrice had done with her face, actually, was what any plain girl could do. She overlaid it with dignity, suffering, intelligence, and a piquant dash of bitchiness.

And if there was one title that could be applied to all my f

And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films, it would be 'Civil War' - not civil war in the way we know it, but the daily war that goes on between us all.

The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long

The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death

We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how yo

We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.

Honor the ocean of love.

Honor the ocean of love.

George De Benneville