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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON CAPRICE
We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident. The falling of a teacup puts us out of temper for the day; and a quarrel that commenced about the pattern of a gown may end only with our lives.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830, British essayist)
You gave me the key of your heart, my love; then why did you make me knock? Oh that was yesterday, saints above! And last night -- I changed the lock!
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890, Irish author)
Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
Marquis De Sade (1740-1814, French author)
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
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