"I may not understand, but I am willing…" — Anthony Hope

"I may not understand, but I am willing to admire."

— Anthony Hope

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13 Quotes by Anthony Hope

Anthony Hope has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have…
In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never…
You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
Good families are generally worse than any others.
Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).
There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to…
For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes…
Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
His foe was folly and his weapon wit.

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More Admiration Quotes

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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can… — Jane Austen
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long… — John Adams
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. — Ambrose Bierce
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. — Aeschylus
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of… — Jo Brand
I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot… — Wilford Brimley
Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of… — Julie Burchill
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. — Dale Carnegie

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