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You always admire what you really don't understand.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
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 and familiarity are strangers.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
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.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
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.
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
