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Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
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.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
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.
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
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.
