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“Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied”
Mark Twain
“All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.”
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.”
Saskya Pandita
“I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth of the Imagination”
John Keats
“One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.”
Josh Billings
“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
T.S. Eliot
“Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural”
George Bernard Shaw
“Jealousy is the grave of affection”
Mary Baker Eddy
“Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sign that you will recognize it.”
Simone Weil
“Most people would rather give than get affection.”
Aristotle
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