Quote by Joseph Addison
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays u

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. – Joseph Addison

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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. – Joseph Addison

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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. – Joseph Addison

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We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. – Theophile Gautier

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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. – Jean Rostand

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Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you. – Rupert Brooke

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