Affection Quote by William Shakespeare

This the curse of service: Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old gradation, where each second stood heir to the first.

— William Shakespeare

“there's no remedy; 'tis the curse of service, Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir…

— William Shakespeare

“The Noblest form of Affection”

— Oscar Wilde

Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Preferential love seeks only those who share one's passions--the more similar the lovers the more fervent the love. By contrast, neighbour love is not…

— Stephen Backhouse

Nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same…

— John Milton

“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another. —Romans 12:10 (KJV)”

— Guideposts

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

— Mark Twain

“Why, there's no remedy; 'tis the curse of service, Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second Stood…

— William Shakespeare

It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing.

— George Woodcock

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset