Affection Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

We should measure affection, not like youngsters by the ardor of its passion, but by its strength and constancy.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— William Ellery Channing

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

— Anonymous

Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection,…

— Dalai Lama

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

— Bertrand Russell

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.

— Jules Michelet

Affection is the most important thing. And the quality of affection - with your friends, your lovers, your family. But particularly for your own…

— Allen Ginsberg

We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel…

— Dalai Lama

Affection is like bread, unnoticed till we starve, and then we dream of it, and sing of it, and paint it, when every urchin…

— Emily Dickinson

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

Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping…

— Orson Scott Card