Admiration is as indispensable to life as oxygen.
— Genevieve Antoine Dariaux
We always like those who admire us.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Admiration, like love, wears out.
— Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues
“Sayings”
It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.
Admiration: acknowledgment of another’s similarity to oneself.
“Joke”
The combat-hardened general was reviewing an elite squadron of paratroopers. “How do you like jumping?” he asked one soldier gruffly.
“I love it, sir,” was the reply.
“And you?” asked the general of the next guy in line.
“It’s the most exhilarating thing I’ve ever done, sir.”
And so on down the line, until one solder replied, “I hate it, sir.”
“Then why do you jump?” asked the startled officer.
“Because I like being around the kind of men who want to.”
