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“The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice” - 1600

“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.” George Eliot, “Middlemarch” - 1872

“Like all other music, it breathed passion and pathos, and emotions high or tender, in a tongue native to the human heart, wherever educated.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Scarlet Letter” - 1850

“Nearly everyone in the world has appetites and impulses, trigger emotions, islands of selfishness, lusts just beneath the surface.” John Steinbeck, “East of Eden” - 1952

“People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's...” Andy Warhol, “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol” - 1975

“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...” Baruch Spinoza, “Ethics” - 1677

“Just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” - 2003

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