“Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.”
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Arthur Conan Doyle166
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Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Source: Prologue to Mr. Addison's Cato (1713), Line 1.
Umar (585–644) Second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate and a companion of Muhammad
As quoted in Al Farooq, Umar (1944) by Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Ch. 5, p. 123
“Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter
You Would Have Understood Me
Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006) Italian writer
Gurley, George. "The Rage of Oriana Fallaci" http://observer.com/2003/01/the-rage-of-oriana-fallaci/, The New York Observer (27 January 2003)
Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
“Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.”
Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer
Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) British writer and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 111.
