Aversion Quote by Claude Adrien Helvetius

Aim at being loved without being admired.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not…

— Arthur Helps

At the core, we all want to be loved, we all want to be accepted and we all want to be appreciated for who…

— Billy Donovan

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

— Moliere

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

— Moliere

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

— James M. Barrie

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

— William Penn

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

— Thomas Paine

The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you stand in…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

— Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We assume that others are receiving the kind of appreciation we want for ourselves, and we proceed on the assumption that since we are…

— Thomas Merton