A Quote by William Lawson on admiration, earth, imitation, motherhood,...
What more delightsome than an infinite varietie of sweet smelling flowers? decking with sundry colours the greene mantle of the Earth, the universall Mother of us all, so by them bespotted, so dyed,...
View ArticleA Quote by William Rothenstein on admiration, art, beauty, garden,...
How often I admire the taste shown in the garden which, within the house, may be indifferent. Here is an art which is today probably more perfect than at any previous time, one which does not break...
View ArticleA Quote by William Symonds on admiration, cleverness, company, day,...
William Symonds, in his 1612 history of the Virginia colonies, also omits the Pocahontas episode, relating instead that Smith secured his release through his own clever connivance: "A month those...
View ArticleA Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray on admiration, books, company,...
Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure...
View ArticleA Quote by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill on admiration and vices
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. Contributed by: Zaady read more
View ArticleA Quote by Yoshida Kenko on admiration and garden
Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless? To long for the moon while looking on the rain, to lower the blinds and be unaware of the passing of the spring...
View ArticleA Quote by Albert Einstein on admiration, belief, god, lies, religion,...
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed...
View ArticleA Quote by Annie Dillard on world, enemy, and admiration
Admire the world for never ending on you as you would admire an opponent, without taking your eyes off him, or walking away. Contributed by: Siona read more
View ArticleA Quote by Mme. A.M. Bigot de Cornuel on hero, admiration, and responsibility
Each person is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value. Contributed by: TommyB read more
View ArticleA Quote by Jane Austen on love and admiration
"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Source: Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" by Mr....
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