"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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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.
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.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
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.
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases
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
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.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
