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- Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. — Honore de Balzac
- All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. — Honore de Balzac
- Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments. — Marilyn vos Savant
- The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart. — Alfred de Vigny
- But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity. — Alfred de Vigny
- The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch. — Alfred de Vigny