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"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion."
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"It was as if she was a dream, like London, which he could not entirely grasp and of which he was not worthy. He wanted to be part of it but had forgotten how. It seemed extraordinary and strange that this paragon among women had condescended to travel on his ship. In fact, she'd insisted upon it. Her presence was at once otherworldly and familiar, none of which explained why his brain ceased to function when he was in her company."
"What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others."
"You're not actually falling for him, are you?" he asks her one day, on one of the rare occasions he can get her alone."I'll pretend you didn't just ask that," she tells him in disgust. But Connor has reasons to wonder."On that first night here, he offered you his blanket, and you accepted it," he points out."Only because I knew it would make him cold.""And when he offers you his food, you take it.""Because it means he goes hungry."It's coolly logical. Connor finds it amazing that she can put her emotions aside and be as calculating as Roland, beating him at his own game. Another reason for Connor to admire her."
"Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries he made. But he was very committed to a view of the objectivity of the physical world."
"Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease."
"Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt."
"Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said."That's not what I meant."
"I'm not one to let such a striking man pass without looking my fill."
"I haven't seen angels, but I am sure they are not as beautiful as you are."
"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."
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"There are no snares more dangerous than those which lurk under the guise of duty or the name of relationship."
"Any man may make a mistake none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says."
"But if I am wrong in thinking the human soul immortal, I am glad to be wrong; nor will I allow the mistake which gives me so much pleasure to be wrested from me as long as I live."
"Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things human and divine conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection."
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