Love & 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

Many people when they fall in love
look for a little haven of refuge from the world,
where they can be sure of being admired
when they are not admirable,
and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
--Bertrand Russell

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
--Jane Austen

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

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.
--Jane Austen

There has also been much love, joy, evidence of admiration, there has never been one without the other.
--Isabelle Adjani

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases.
--Samuel Johnson

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
--Carl Sandburg

We can admire what we see, but we can only love what we truly know. 
--Author Unknown

The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer. 
--Author Unknown

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
--Carl Sandburg

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
--Arthur Helps

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

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
--Charles Kuralt

If the eyes do not admire, the heart will not desire.
--Author Unknown

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.
--Charles Horton Cooley

For the admired there are many, for the admirer there is one.
--Adnan Mithani