"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?
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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed read more
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a perpetual succession of miracles rising into view.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear. . . .
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
