Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Passionate
Passionate as young love.
—Anonymous
Passionate men, like fleet hounds, are apt to overrun the scent.
—Anonymous
Passionate as the Hun.
—John Henry Newman
A passionate man is like a weak spring, that cannot stand long locked.
—William Penn
The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong way.
—Plato
Passionate as an April day.
—William Rowley