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Quote by Jean Rostand
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires wit

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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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I dont know where I would be without it. – Thomas Mann

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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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Fools admire, but men of sense approve. – Alexander Pope

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