#affections

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. ↗

— Mary Astell

#any #creator #debases #her #self

In life, there are no perfect affections. ↗

— James Merrill

#life #perfect

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

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

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