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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.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
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.
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.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
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
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who read more
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
"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?
