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"Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt."
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"There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering."
"A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul."
"That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend."
"The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it."
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"Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object."
"No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment."
"Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
"Maybe you are the "cool" generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration."
"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion."
"The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed."
"Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease."
"By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown."
"When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror."
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