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
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