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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.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
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 the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It read more
No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at
all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.
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.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
"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?
