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.

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.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

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

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love
those whom we admire.

We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love
those whom we admire.