On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
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On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
Tant qu'il marcha devant elles.

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion read more

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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.

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.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases