Platonic, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool’s name for the affection between a disability and a frost.
Affection Quotes
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.
Uxoriousness, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one’s own wife.
Where is fancy bred? In the heart or in the head? (The Merchant of Venice)
Does it really matter what these affectionate people do – so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses! (Beatrice Stella Tanner)
My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal. (As You Like It)
Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them.
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
