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

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

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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

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

Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

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.

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.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, read more

Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.

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