Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion."
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Admiration
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural."
Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself."
Hermann Hesse
Novelist, Poet
"Lovers should not separate from each other after making love without admiring each other, without being conquered as well as conquering, so that no feeling of satiation or desolation arises nor the horrid feeling of misusing or having been misused."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poet
"Life and the world, or whatever we call that which we are and feel, is an astonishing thing. The mist of familiarity obscures from us the wonder of our being. We are struck with admiration at some of its transient modifications, but it is itself the great miracle."
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"I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it."
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"This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble."
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"Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes."
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"Distance is a great promoter of admiration."
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"Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live."
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"We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire."
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"I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed."
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"I suspect that in our loathing of totalitarianism, there is infused a good deal of admiration for its efficiency."
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"There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day."
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"Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life."
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"We always like those who admire us."
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"I just happen to admire everyone that we work with."
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"He who goes unenvied shall not be admired."
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"There are charms made only for distant admiration."
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"The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why."
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"You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt"
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"We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments."
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"Bad artists always admire each others work."
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"There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible."
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"Admiration is the basis of ignorance."
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