Ardor
Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
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Ardor Quotations
Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.
Ambrose Bierce
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.
Aldous Huxley
It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
Wallace Stevens
Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young.
Emile M. Cioran
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
Sextus Propertius
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
Abigail Adams
He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity.
Charles Brenton Huggins
God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.
Julia Ward Howe
Ardor Translations
ardor in French is ivresse
ardor in German is Hitze, Begeisterung
ardor in Italian is entusiasmo
ardor in Spanish is ardor, exaltacion
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