Quotes about Appreciation

a compliment is like a kiss through a veil.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Far be it from me to insult the pun! I honor it in proportion to its merits; nothing more. All the most august, the most sublime, the most charming of humanity, and perhaps outside of humanity, have made puns.

Let us remark, by the way, that the hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. This hatred would involve the hatred of the arts.

but the cat rejoices even over a lean mouse.

Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.

Because I'm happy that you exist at all, Elisabeth. Perhaps I love you. Perhaps I love you very much. But probably just for this reason it would be better if we remain as we are. I think a man and a woman love each other all the more when they don't live together and when they know about each other only that they exist, and when they are grateful to each other for the fact that they exist and that they know they exist. And that alone is enough for their happiness.

Men grow old, the end draws near, each moment becomes more and more valuable, and there is no time to waste over recollections.

Don't forget that not only was Socrates ugly but also that many famous women lovers did not distinguish themselves at all by their physical perfection. Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge women only by what can be seen. But those who really know women understand that the eye reveals only a minute fraction of what a woman can offer us

This is the body you've been given - love what you've got.

Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.

Our lives are a response to a love that we already have received.