The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

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

Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.

Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It read more

No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at
all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, read more

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.