"Maybe it’s not, in the end, the virtues……" — Michael Cunningham

"Maybe it’s not, in the end, the virtues of others that so wrenches our hearts as it is the sense of almost unbearably poignant recognition when we see them at their most base, in their sorrow and gluttony and foolishness. You need the virtues, too—some sort of virtues—but we don’t care about Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina or Raskolnikov because they’re good. We care about them because they’re not admirable, because they’re us, and because great writers have forgiven them for it."

— Michael Cunningham

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This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically… — Mortimer Adler
I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really… — Anthony Bourdain
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own… — Anita Brookner
One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign… — James Buchan
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret. — Albert Camus
McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to… — Jim Cantalupo
I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. — Lord Chesterfield
I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis… — Stephen Ambrose
Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality. — Walter J. Phillips
Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed… — Theodore Beale
Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark.… — Thomas de Quincey

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