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Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
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On dit que dans ses amours
Il fut caresse des belles,
Qui le suivirent toujours,
Tant qu'il marcha devant elles.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, read more
Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
"Not to admire, is all the art I know
(Plain truth, dear Murray, needs few flowers of speech)
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"Not to admire, is all the art I know
(Plain truth, dear Murray, needs few flowers of speech)
To make men happy, or to keep them so."
(So take it in the very words of Creech)
Thus Horace wrote we all know long ago;
And thus Pope quotes the precept to re-teach
From his translation; but had none admired,
Would Pope have sung, or Horace been inspired?
