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— Joseph Priestley"What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others."
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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
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It is characteristic to believe that those in need are given to, that the squeaky hinge is the one that gets the oil, but in the realm of emotions this is not so. It is the person who does not solicit liking and love, admiration and respect, sympathy and empathy to whom they are freely given.
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