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"A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection."
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"There are charms made only for distant admiration."
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"When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror."
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"If there is ever a magical beauty that can be watched hours with great admiration, and that is the beauty of a strong light falling from the everlasting skies into the heart of the dimness!"
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"Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it'll be her wings not her face that'll make my mouth fall open. I've already seen the prettiest face that ever could be."
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"I like to see you fully naked like the complete moon."
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"Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object."
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"I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it."
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"Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."
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"I haven't seen angels, but I am sure they are not as beautiful as you are."
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"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
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"The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome."
Danger

"Every happiness is a hostage to fortune."
Happiness

"Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order."
Order

"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense."
Confidence

"Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment."
Heart

"We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice."
Wisdom

"Choose an author as you choose a friend."
Friendship

"The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege."
Man

"Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book."
Solitude

"Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy."
Strength
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