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Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
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.
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.
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
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 is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
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.
