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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all read more
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish,--all duties even.
Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at read more
Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends
Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; read more
Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.
The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we read more
The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.
