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.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

"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?

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.

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.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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.

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.