To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;)
Is the only method that I know,
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To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;)
Is the only method that I know,
To make men happy, and to keep them so.

Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.

Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.

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

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

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.

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.

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.