Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility. [ Amiel ]

No tempting form of error is without some latent charm derived from truth. [ Keith ]

There is a kind of latent omniscience, not only in every man, but in every particle. [ Emerson ]

The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light. [ Rochefoucauld ]

The most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent force of character. [ Tuckerman ]

Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing. [ Amiel ]

Not only so, but scarcely any attempt is entirely a failure; scarcely any theory, the result of steady thought, is altogether false; no tempting form of error is without some latent charm derived from truth. [ Whewell ]