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

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

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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.

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

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 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, 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.

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.