#2,047

To teach literature is to teach the pupil to believe that he admires what he does not admire.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 332

#1,999

Cowed by the vehemence with which the artist reminds him of his famous follies, the critic walks with cautious steps, fearing that patent ugliness might end up being unusual beauty.
It is not in order to admire that one requires courage today; it is in order to censure.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 325

#1,973

Only few admire without worrying whether their admiration discredits or recommends them.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 321

#1,899

It is better to see what we admire insulted rather than used.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 311

#1,552

Man does not admire anything sincerely except what is undeserved.
Talent, lineage, beauty.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 259

#1,502

The bourgeois does not applaud the man he admires, but the man he fears.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 252

#1,158

It is easier to forgive certain hatreds than to share certain admirations.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 204

#838

Whoever looks without admiration or hatred has not seen.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 154

#64

We start out choosing because we admire and we end up admiring because we chose.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 33

#35

The mob admires the confused more than the complex.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 29