“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.”
"Notes on the Comic", p. 372
The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)
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Anglo-American poet 1907–1973Related quotes
“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.”
Nous aimons toujours ceux qui nous admirent; et nous n'aimons pas toujours ceux que nous admirons.
Maxim 294.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”
“Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.”
Source: Wings of Fire, p. 90.
“I had loved so infrequently I felt a debt to those whom I had, for the reprieve from solitude.”
Source: Henry Rios series of novels, How Town (1990), p.198
An Irish Airman Forsees His Death http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1441/
The Wild Swans at Coole (1919)
Context: I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My county is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
