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.

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

"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?

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

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.

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

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.

Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .

Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .

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.