Affection Quotes

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If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections. — Archibald Alexander
I feel the need of relations and friendship, of affection, of friendly intercourse.... I cannot miss these things without feeling, as does any other intelligent… — Vincent Van Gogh
You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. — Thomas a Kempis
Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty… — Thomas Jefferson
Dogs, bless them, operate on the premise that human beings are fragile and require incessant applications of affection and reassurance. The random lick of a… — Mary McGrory
Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year;… — Walter Raleigh
Intellect is void of affection and sees an object as it stands in the light of science, cool and disengaged. The intellect goes out of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not clear to anyone, least of all the practitioners, how science and technology in their headlong course do or should influence ethics and… — Jacques Barzun
In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections, to the withering and consumption… — John Owen
For historians ought to be precise, truthful, and quite unprejudiced, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should cause them to swerve from the… — Miguel de Cervantes
The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar form… — Benjamin Rush
As believers, how can we fail to see that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a terrible rejection of God's gift of life and love?… — Pope John Paul II
Momma was home. She was the most totally human, human being that I have ever known, and so very beautiful. Within our home, she was… — Leontyne Price
On playing Batman and his daughter: If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. My two older daughters could give… — Ben Affleck
When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award: I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most… — Alfred Hitchcock
Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people… — Abraham Maslow
Very well, then, where do we arrive? Where do we arrive with our respect, our homage, our filial affection? At Adam! At Adam, every time.… — Mark Twain

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