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Affection Quotes - Page 6

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them.

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them.

Charles Dickens (1868). “The Works of Charles Dickens ...: The mystery of Edwin Drood and Master Humphrey's clock”, p.9

The more merit, the less affection.

Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

A man knows no more in religion than he loves and embraceth with the affections of his soul.

Richard Sibbes (1995). “Light from Heaven”, p.310, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

True happiness must arise from well-regulated affections, and an affection includes a duty.

Mary Wollstonecraft (2013). “Vindication of the Rights of Women”, p.156, Lulu.com

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

Mary Astell (1717). “The Christian Religion, as Profess'd by a Daughter of the Church of England”, p.317

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles.

Leigh Hunt, Thornton Leigh Hunt (1862). “The Correspondence of Leigh Hunt”, p.31, London : Smith, Elder