Admiration
We always love those who admire us; we do not
always love those whom we admire.
--Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that
immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
--Joseph Addison
When we love, we admire with the heart.
--author unknown
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
--Theophile Gautier
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
--Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
--Carl Sandburg
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases.
--Samuel Johnson