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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.
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 new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of read more
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
