“To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.”
Théophile Gautier (1811–1872) French writer
“Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.”
— Oscar Wilde, book De Profundis
Source: De Profundis
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