Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there… — Karl Philipp Moritz Copy Share Image
What actions are the most excellent? Those, certainly, which most powerfully appeal to the great primary human affections: to those elementary feelings… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
The most natural, and, consequently, the truest and most intense of the human affections are those which arise in the heart as… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“How can a heart given up to human affections be closely united to God? It seems to me that it is impossible.… — Thérèse de Lisieux Copy Share Image
In democratic centuries, on the contrary, when the duties of each individual toward the species are much clearer, devotion toward one man… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
