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A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Affection

WriterFrench1885 · 19th century

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I never met a man I didn't like.

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Wentworth Dillon

PoetEnglish1633 · 17th century

3.1 · 32 votes

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If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.

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George Bernard Shaw

WriterIrish1856 · 19th century

4.8 · 41 votes

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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

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NovelistEnglish1775 · 18th century

4.5 · 35 votes · 150 reads

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Most people would rather give than get affection.

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PhilosopherGreek-384 · 4th century BC

4.2 · 50 votes

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One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other,

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn

NovelistRussian1918 · 20th century

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Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

PoetAmerican1807 · 19th century

4.5 · 59 votes

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The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

PoetAmerican1803 · 19th century

3.9 · 39 votes · 168 reads

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The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection [Are] that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

Affection

PhilosopherGreek-384 · 4th century BC

4.5 · 29 votes · 200 reads

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