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Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
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.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
 No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than 
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It read more 
 No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than 
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at 
all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life. 
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, read more
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.
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.
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
 The king himself has follow'd her
 When she has walk'd before.  
 The king himself has follow'd her
 When she has walk'd before.