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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.
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.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
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.
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
