Affections Quotes

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.

Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world.

In life, there are no perfect affections.

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

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 affections rest in the external things themselves.

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections, their interest, and their resentments, just as humanity is moved today.

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers.

Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.