“The weakness of our nature—how soon any strong emotion masters it!”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Heath's book of Beauty, 1833 (1832)
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Mani Madhava Chakyar (1899–1990) Indian actor
Abhinaya and Netrābhinaya
Source: Mani Madhava Chakkyar: The Master at Work, K.N. Panikar, Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi, 1994
“The hungry slave
Brings danger to his master, not himself.”
Non sibi sed domino grauis est quae seruit egestas.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus book Pharsalia
Book III, line 152 (tr. E. Ridley).
Pharsalia
“When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.”
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) Dutch philosopher
“Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage: for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.”
Humanam impotentiam in moderandis et coercendis affectibus servitutem voco; homo enim affectibus obnoxius sui juris non est sed fortunæ in cujus potestate ita est ut sæpe coactus sit quanquam meliora sibi videat, deteriora tamen sequi.
Baruch Spinoza book Ethics
Part IV, Preface; translation by R. H. M. Elwes
Ethics (1677)
“For love is beautiful only when you have mastered your emotions and mind.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Abaddon's Gate (2013), Chapter 22 (p. 230)
“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”
Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804) Founding Father of the United States
Letter to the Daily Advertiser http://books.google.com/books?ei=dUcWTpuaHsT0gAfPpeEL&ct=result&dq=&jtp=245&id=x5q-cszpoPYC&ots=j0QS9L0jfK#v=onepage&q&f=false (21 February 1797)