Affection Quotes

1417 quotes by 966 authors

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means… — Ulysses S. Grant
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. — Charles Caleb Colton
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce. — Mason Cooley
Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with… — Sloane Crosley
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone. — Charles Darwin
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded… — John Dryden
The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased… — Princess Diana
I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too… — David Duchovny
You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply… — Marguerite Duras
Jealousy is the grave of affection. — Mary Baker Eddy
Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, but not the boundary, of the affections. — Mary Baker Eddy
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. — George Eliot
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. — George Eliot
In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which… — Havelock Ellis
Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections. — Gloria Estefan
The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which… — E. M. Forster
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent. — Alexander Hamilton
But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger… — Ernie Harwell
All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If… — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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