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For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
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
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
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.
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
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.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
