Alexander Pope Quote

Our passions are like convulsion-fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.


Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)


Our passions are like convulsion-fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.

Our passions are like convulsion-fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.

Our passions are like convulsion-fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.

Our passions are like convulsion-fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.