Affection Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.

— William Ellery Channing

It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

All our "most sacred affections " are merely prosaic habit.

— Cesare Pavese

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.

— Bertrand Russell

Affection isn't so plentiful in this life that any of us can afford to reject it when it's offered, whatever its source.

— Melanie Rawn

“When a tender affection has been storing itself in us through many of our years, the idea that we could accept any exchange for…

— George Eliot

Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think…

— William Hazlitt

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come natural ...

— Anonymous

We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.

— Anonymous

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for loving.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich