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.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

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.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

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 perpetual succession of miracles rising into view.

Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, read more

Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.

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.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.