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Enthusiasm: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

However, 'tis expedient to be wary: Indifference certes don't produce distress; And rash enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto XIII. St. 35.

No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest, Till half mankind were like himself possess'd.— COWPER — Progress of Error. L. 470.

E. Die schönen Tage in Aranjuez Sind nun zu Ende. The lovely days in Aranjuez are now at an end.— SCHILLER — Don Carlos. I. 1. 1.

Ich bin der Letzte meines Stamms; mein Name Endet mit mir. I am the last of my race. My name ends with me.— SCHILLER — Wilhelm Tell. II. 1. 100.

Sonderbarer Schwärmer! Enthusiast most strange.— S. SCHILLER — Don Carlos. III. 10. 277.

Zwang erbittert die Schwärmer immer, aber bekehrt sie nie. Opposition embitters the enthusiast but never converts him.— SCHILLER — Cabale und Liebe. III. 1.