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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
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.
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.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
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.
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
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.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
