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 | You always admire what you really don't understand. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 6 likes |
 | It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing. — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 5 likes |
 | Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you? — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 5 likes |
 | To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. — Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer 5 likes |
 | Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 4 likes |
 | I am almost afraid to touch “Odyssey”; its beauty is unbearable. — Ibn Khaldoun, 1332-1406, Arab historian & sage 4 likes |
 | You may admire yourself without despising others, but how can you admire others without despising yourself? — Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher 4 likes |
 | Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 3 likes |
 | We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 3 likes |
 | The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 3 likes |
 | Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. — Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher 2 likes |
 | Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. — Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961, American writer, Nobel 1954 2 likes |
 | Admire more. Most people don’t admire enough. — Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter 2 likes |
 | No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvellous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time. — Lucretius, 98-55 BC, Roman poet 2 likes |
 | One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected. |
 | I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments. |
| You can only admire for a long time what you admire without knowing why. |
 | The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. |
| From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and whose outstanding qualities shed a stupendous light. |
 | Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. |
 | The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads. |
 | The one who has never lost his mind is the one who had no mind to lose. |
 | Mediocrity always refuses to admire and, often, to approve. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher |
 | He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times. — Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician |
 | We admire the world through what we love. |
 | Aim at being loved without being admired. |
Latin Quotes
 | Everything unknown seems magnificent. Omne ignotum pro magnifico. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 83 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 7 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Εν πάσι γαρ τοις φυσικοίς ενεστί τι θαυμαστόν. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 8 likes |
 | The great pleasures come from watching beautiful deeds. Αι μεγάλαι τέρψεις από του θεάσθαι τα καλά των έργων γίνονται. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
 | If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes. Ει μη Αλέξανδρος ήμην, Διογένης αν ήμην. — Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon 5 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | You Americans are dumb. You admire Lafayette and Maurice Chevalier. They're the dumbest of all Frenchmen. — from the film Breathless (1960) 3 likes |
 | - I'm proud of you. - Nobody cares what you think. — from the film The Bucket List (2007) 2 likes |
