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For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
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.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of read more
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
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.
