Affection Quotes - Page 2
If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.3056, Delphi Classics
Kevin DeYoung (2014). “Taking God at His Word”, p.25, SPCK
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.290, Harvard University Press
'National Airs' (1815) 'Oft in the Stilly Night'
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.157
Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual.
Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.522
Song: Falling From Above, Album: Greendale, 2003
Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.
Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.34, Revell
Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.
Philip Roth (2001). “The Dying Animal”, p.124, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt