“Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.”
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Addison, J. (n.d.). Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/3460-admiration-is-a-very-short-lived-passion-that/
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Addison, Joseph. “Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/3460-admiration-is-a-very-short-lived-passion-that/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Addison, Joseph. “Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/3460-admiration-is-a-very-short-lived-passion-that/.