"He stepped down, avoiding any long look at……" — Leo Tolstoy
"He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking."
More Admiration Quotes
- 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