“Its admirable words can purchase honor; (its) admirable deeds can raise their performer above others.”
“You praise man who has the ability to perform great actions.I admire man who can deal with great pain and knows no despair.”
“Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.”
“Will you just stand on the foot of a high mountain and look at it with admiration or climb the top and be the admired itself? Remember that anybody can be an admirer; but the difficult thing is to be the admired one!”
“Some cities are women and must be loved; others are men and can only be admired or bargained with”
“To a degree, literary taste is a subjective matter. One can admire a work of fiction without particularly enjoying it; one can dislike a novel even while appreciating its value.”