“I am happy in my prison of passion”
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oscar Wilde812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
“Happiness is a prison, Evey. Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.”
Variant: Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.
Source: V for Vendetta (1989)
“I am an American. Photography is my passion. The search for truth my obsession”
Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) American photographer
From Adams to Stieglitz' (1990)
Source: 'Alfred Stieglitz' Photo notes, August 1946, p. 65
“Splendid if I overcome
My earthy passion,
But if I succeed not,
Still I have known happiness!”
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic
“I am happy with my Bangladesh.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) Bengali revolutionary, founder ("father") of Bangladesh
Replying to a question on whether he contemplated the Indian state of West Bengal joining his country and creating a "Greater Bangladesh". He was speaking to reporters at a press conference in London in January, 1972 after his release from prision in Pakistan. http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/08/02/tribute.htm <br class="br">Quote, Other
Ram Narayan (1927) classical sarangi player from India
[Solo success, S. Sahaya Ranjit, 25 April 2005, India Today, https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pandit-ram-narayan-dedicates-padma-vibhushan-award/1/193919.html&date=2017-10-03, 3 October 2017, 3 October 2017]
Thomas Paine book Rights of Man
Part 2.7 Chapter V. Ways and means of improving the condition of Europe, interspersed with miscellaneous observations
1790s, Rights of Man, Part 2 (1792)
“Yes, I am a fatal man, Madame Fribsbi. To inspire hopeless passion is my destiny.”
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) novelist
Source: The History of Pendennis (1848-1850), Ch. 23.