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Affection Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.
- The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness,…
- No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them…
- Affection cannot be created; it can only be liberated.
More Affection Quotes
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen
- In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. — Jane Austen
- I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me. — Richard Bach
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet
- There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond… — Lord Acton
- That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of… — Amelia Barr
- Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. — Jane Addams
- I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not… — Sarah Bernhardt
- I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love. — George Best
- I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people. — Bhumibol Adulyadej