“Women are like tricks by sleight of hand,
Which, to admire, we should not understand.”
Act IV, scene iii
Love for Love (1695)
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William Congreve 35
British writer 1670–1729Related quotes

“… we
do not admire what
we cannot understand.”
Source: Complete Poems

“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)

“Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you”
Variant: Haters are confused admirers who want to be like you.