In the books on political economy—in Mill, for instance, whom he studied first with great ardor,
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (1878)
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we could send him to the guillotine first to cool his ardour, then, when there is a diplomatic fuss about it, we can apologise— humbly— to the British Government, and, if necessary, pay compensation to the bereaved family.
Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
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The old count, knowing his son’s ardor in the hunt, hurried so as not to be late,
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman . Simon & Schuster