ADMIRATION, n. Our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Admiration,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
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Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

 
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