#affections

In life, there are no perfect affections. ↗

— James Merrill

#life #perfect

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

— Maria Mitchell

#even #good #sacrificing #sad #see

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. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#affections #difficult #full #grateful #live

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. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#country #dearest #describe #does #feel

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

— Alexander Pope

#child #gentle #man #manners #mild

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. ↗

— Washington Irving

#history #life #life is a #whole #woman

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. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#age #another #around #deepest #form

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

— Logan P. Smith

#amusement #flat #friendly #keeps #love

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

— John Sterling

#affords #fiercest #lords #our #own

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. ↗

— John Britton

#after #associate #became #birth #early