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We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
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.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
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
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.
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.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
