Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.

Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who read more

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

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.

"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?

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. . . .

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.