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Affection Quotes by George Eliot
- Among all the many kinds of first love, that which begins in childish companionship is the strongest and most enduring: when passion comes to unite…
- Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection…
- A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
- We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.
- How is it that the poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love? Are their first…
- Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.
More Affection Quotes
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of… — Amelia Barr
- Sometimes I Dont Know Why I B0thered To Love When I Know For A Fact That It Will Always Be The Same… — Unknown Author
- 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
- If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me. — Richard Bach
- To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen
- During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave… — Daniel Boone