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You, yourself, as much as anybody
in the entire universe,
deserve your love and affection.
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.
A mixture of admiration and
pity is one of the
surest recipes for affection.
Always when I see a man
fond of praise I always think
it is because he is an affectionate
man craving for affection.
We may not return the affection
of those who like us, but we always
respect their good judgment.
Every gift, though it be small, is in
reality great if given with affection.
I wash my hands of those
who imagine chattering to be
knowledge, silence to be ignorance,
and affection to be art.
A slight touch of friendly malice
and amusement towards those we
love keeps our affections
for them from turning flat.
The affections are like lightning:
you cannot tell where they will
strike till they have fallen.
A difference of tastes in jokes is
a great strain on the affections.