"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?
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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.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed read more
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.
here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, read more
here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
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.
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
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.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
