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Affection Quotes by Joseph Butler
- The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally interested…
- The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular…
- Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
- People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely miserable.
- Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.
- Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but…
- God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees…
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