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.

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

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

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who read more

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men 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

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.