I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise, Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affection, Figures pedantical--these summer flies Have blown me full of maggot ostentation. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to… — Albert Einstein 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
Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Not to believe in love is a great sign of dullness. There are some people so indirect and lumbering that they think… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How is it that the poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love?… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Putting affects the nerves more than anything. I would actually get nauseated over three-footers. — Byron Nelson Copy Share Image
Vanity is so closely allied to virtue, and to love the fame of laudable actions approaches so near the love of laudable… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Genuine human friendship is on the basis of human affection, irrespective of your position. Therefore, the more you show concern about the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Let the one great aim and ideal be to lift up and universalize our affection, so that while it is as deep… — Nilakanta Sri Ram Copy Share Image
A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children.… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are moments of mingled sorrow and tenderness, which hallow the caresses of affection. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me. — William Lilly Copy Share Image
If I have any merit, it is getting along with individuals, according to their ways and characteristics. At times it involves suppressing… — J. R. D. Tata Copy Share Image
Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
The moral duty to be expected in different ages is not a unity of standard, or of acts, but a unity of… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
Curiosity is the most superficial of all the affections; it changes its object perpetually; it has an appetite which is very sharp,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
