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Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
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?
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion read more
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
For fools admire, but me of sense approve.
The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.
The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.
