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Admiration Quotes - Page 3

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.

Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.320, Transaction Publishers

I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.18, Courier Corporation

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

Aeschylus (2013). “Aeschylus II: The Oresteia”, p.51, University of Chicago Press

Season your admiration for a while.

William Shakespeare (1832). “Hamlet, and As you like it, a specimen of a new ed. of Shakespeare [by T. Caldecott]. by T. Caldecott”, p.20

Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1481, Delphi Classics

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1464, Delphi Classics

Bad artists always admire each others work.

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.702, GENERAL PRESS

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive.

John Milton, Charles Dunster (1795). “Paradise Regain'd: A Poem in Four Books”, p.86

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.915, Ageless Reads

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 9), 1922.

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Samuel Johnson (1968). “Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler”, p.128, Yale University Press