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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We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning. – Joseph Addison

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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. – 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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For the admired there are many, for the admirer there is one. – Adnan Mithani

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You always admire what you really dont understand. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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