When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who read more

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed read more

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a perpetual succession of miracles rising into view.

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;)
Is the only method that I know,
To read more

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;)
Is the only method that I know,
To make men happy, and to keep them so.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.