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.

"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?

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

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.

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.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

For fools admire, but me of sense approve.

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

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