Affection Quote by John Donne

“The heart-knot is full of the darkness of ignorance, and it is illusory. When this knot snaps and opens, consciousness, like the sky, surges…

— Muruganar

“There are to be no toeholds for love. We are two-legged wombs, that’s all: sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices.”

— Margaret Atwood

“To exist in each other’s souls so strongly that you are bound without a physical tie is the greatest mark of love…”

— Renée Carlino

A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.

— George Savile

We know that no trust can be placed on princes and that cursed is the man who placeth his reliance on an arm of…

— Thomas Becket

Love is a tie that binds; matrimony straps them together

— Robert Frost

“Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip from his lips that is not replete with the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on…

— Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

When we are passionately in love with our Prince, we put Him above all else--not just in theory, but also practically, in every moment…

— Leslie Ludy

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.

— Elizabeth I

It is necessary that the prince should know how to color his nature well, and how to be a hypocrite and dissembler. For men…

— Niccolo Machiavelli