"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."

Addison, Joseph on Admiration
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"Distance is a great promoter of admiration!"

Diderot, Denis on Admiration
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"We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on Admiration
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"You always admire what you really don't understand."

Roosevelt, Eleanor on Admiration
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"Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself."

Hawes, Joel on AIDS
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