Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 "Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées]," ch. 1, ¶ 72 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)] - Chamfort, Nicolas | WIST Quotations
All passions exaggerate; it is only because they exaggerate that they are passions. [Toutes les passions sont exagératrices, et elles ne sont des passions que parce qu’elles exagèrent.] (Source (French)). Alternate translations: All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions. [tr. Hutchinson (1902)] All of the passions lead…
