Admiration

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

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

— Admiration

My dear, I find your blind admiration for me both flattering and disturbing.

— Admiration

Admiration, n Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

— Admiration

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

— Admiration

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.

— Admiration

Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.

— Admiration

Admiration is the emotion furthest from comprehension.

— Admiration

Where none admire, 't is useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle.

— Admiration

Beauty stands in the admiration only of weak minds led captive.

— Admiration

Few men have been admired by their own households.

— Admiration

How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals.

— Admiration

For fools admire, but men of sense approve.

— Admiration

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

— Admiration

You always admire what you really don't understand.

— Admiration

Season your admiration for awhile.

— Admiration

"Not to admire, is all the art I knowWould Pope have sung, or Horace been inspired?

— Admiration

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;)To make men happy, and to keep them so.

— Admiration

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

— Admiration

The king himself has follow'd herWhen she has walk'd before.

— Admiration