Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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.

"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?

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 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 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.

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

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

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.