The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
But she has gathered that Americans, in spite of their public declarations of affection, in spite of their miniskirts and bikinis, in… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
Self-affection is the real dwelling to which we must always return with a view to a faithfulness to ourselves and an ability… — Luce Irigaray Copy Share Image
I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A garden is a result of an arrangement of natural materials according to aesthetic laws; interwoven throughout are the artist's outlook on… — Roberto Burle Marx Copy Share Image
It is with books as with women, where a certain plainness of manner and of dress is more engaging than that glare… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I know there's a certain love and affection for the homemade on the Internet, and I'm all for that, too, and I… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
If Nick Broomfield never found anyone with affection for Courtney Love, it's only because he conspicuously avoided the countless friends, colleagues and… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
L'homme est ne pour la socie te ; se parez-le, isolez-le, ses ide es se de suniront, son caracte' re se tournera,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects. This is the discipline… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
“I've written you sixty-seven love poems. Here’s another one for you. But really, for me. These poems are the candles that I… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“[F]or in this queer world of ours, fatherly and motherly hearts often beat warm and wise in the breasts of bachelor uncles… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Let brothers and sisters from one end of the world, speak in all brotherly love, all affection, and one sweetness, to their… — Keshub Chandra Sen Copy Share Image
Such is man's nature, that he is very inactive and lazy unless he is influenced by some affection, either love or hatred,… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade!… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
“It is in the imperceptible space between that which touches and that which is touched that one body can be felt, no… — Daniel Heller-Roazen Copy Share Image
The India I Love, does not make the headlines, but I find it wherever I go - in field or forest, town… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“Not that the clear perception of certain weaknesses in those whom we love in any way diminishes our affection for them; rather… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Affection is the byproduct of love while attention is the evidence. Given too much of these could lead too clinging which most… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
In the last 20, 22 years I have sung here very often and I have always felt the affection and warmth of… — Jose Carreras Copy Share Image
You can be the most affectionate disaster that destroys all my worries, troubles, and mistakes and replace them all with all of… — Janelle J Copy Share Image
Relations Do Not Need Powerful Eyes or A Cute Voice or a Lovely Face.., It Always Needs a Beautiful Responsible Heart Wid… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The heart's affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
A clear thought, a pure affection, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another kind, and far… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Although I believe affection and romance should be shown all year around, it's always smart to have a good plan up your… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is an immoderate affection and use of drink. That I call immoderation that is besides or beyond that order of good… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the… — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
Having good looks is a gift yes...but that's nothing compared to the feeling when there's someone who never fails to make you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I guess from my perspective, puppy love is more of an emotional crush or a platonic affection. So my best advice would… — Nancy O'Dell Copy Share Image
“Real affection does not see anything in terms of 'rights', nor does it even care if it is reciprocated. It merely waits… — E.M. Swift-Hook Copy Share Image
Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives. Yet from this fog his affection emerged--the best contacts… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to accept sudden surprising outbursts of affection, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural… — Charles G. Dawes Copy Share Image
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