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The only things one can admire
at length are those one
admires without knowing why.
Some people are molded by their
admirations, others by their hostilities.
You always admire what
you really don't understand.
Distance is a great
promoter of admiration!
Animals do not admire each other. A
horse does not admire its companion.
We live by our imagination, our
admirations, and our sentiments.
We always love those who admire
us; we do not always
love those whom we admire.
The secret of happiness is to
admire without desiring.
What I have known with respect to
myself, has tended much to lessen
both my admiration,
and my contempt, of others.
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.