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.

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.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

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

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, read more

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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

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