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Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
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.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
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.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
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On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
Tant qu'il marcha devant elles.
