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Admiration: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.— CARLYLE — Heroes and Hero Worship.

Lecture I. Let others hail the rising sun : I bow to that whose course is run.— GARRICK — On the Death of Mr. Pelham.

The king himself has follow'd her When she has walk'd before.— GOLDSMITH — Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize.

We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire.— LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — Maxim 305.

Few men are admired by their servants.— MONTAIGNE — Essays. Of Repentance. Bk. III. Ch. 2.

For fools admire, but men of sense approve.— POPE — Essay on Criticism. L. 391.

Season your admiration for awhile.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 192.

How his eyes languish! how his thoughts adore That painted coat, which Joseph never wore! He shows, on holidays, a sacred pin, That touch'd the ruff, that touched Queen Bess' chin.— YOUNG — Love of Fame. Satire IV. L. 119.

Nil admirari prope est res una, Numici, Solaque, quæ possit facere et servare beatum. Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and of preserving happiness.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 6. I.

Omitte mirari beatæ Fumum et opes strepitumque Romæ. Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.— HORACE — Carmina. III. 29. 11.