Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
You always admire what you really don’t understand.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
Ignorance is the mother of admiration.
—George Chapman (c.1560–1634) English Poet, Playwright
We admire what we do not understand.
—Indian Proverb
Those who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.
—Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789–1849) Irish Novelist, Writer
There are charms made only for distant admiration.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
A beautiful face is admired even when its owner doesn’t say anything.
—Danish Proverb
The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.
—Arthur Helps (1813–75) English Dramatist, Essayist
A fool admires himself most when he has done foolish things.
—Chinese Proverb
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.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!.
—Denis Diderot (1713–84) French Philosopher, Writer
There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Bad artists always admire each other’s work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Few men are admired by their servants.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings—admiration or pity.
—Anatole France (1844–1924) French Novelist
The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.
—Common Proverb
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
Better beloved than admired.
—French Proverb
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German Novelist, Short Story Writer, Social Critic, Philanthropist, Essayist
One’s shadow grows larger than life when admired by the light of the moon.
—Chinese Proverb
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
Each day you can admire the moon, the snow and the flowers.
—Japanese Proverb