“We admire the castles, because we admire the security!”
“Great poetry must be admired, because it is great and because it is poetry, and so we admire it.”
“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire”
“Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.”
“If they think you admire them, they will admire you because of your good taste, and when they admire you, you have an illusion for a moment that there's something to admire.”
“The state of admiration is a condition of feeblemindedness. Most people are feebleminded all their lives only because they admire. Only a dimwit admires, the smart one doesn’t admire: he respects, observes, understands.”