Famous quotes containing the words part and/or passion:
“Mere parsimony is not economy.... Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
“Man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals ... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)