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To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind
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.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
