Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

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.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

"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?

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of read more

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

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.

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;)
Is the only method that I know,
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To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;)
Is the only method that I know,
To make men happy, and to keep them so.