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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.
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.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
"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.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
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 new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
