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Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
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.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
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.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
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.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
