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All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.
In life, there are no perfect affections.
Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
My affections are easily swayed and I can be very unfaithful.
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.
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.
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.
You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world.
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, but not the boundary, of the affections.
Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.
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.
That's a paradox I've noticed, too: The news business held little romance for me, yet writing about it somehow stirred my affections.
There are the aesthetic pressures for a woman to be pretty and sexy, but not sexual or have desires beyond winning a guy's affections.
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance.
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy, except - due to her rejection of Apollo's affections - nobody would ever believe her warnings.
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.
Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
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.
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.
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
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.
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
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.
Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.
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.
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.
Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
In the poetic tradition, the heart's affections are indeed holy, and if organizations are asking for people's hearts and minds, they are asking in a way for their holy and hidden affections at the same time.
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.
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.
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.
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.
