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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.
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
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.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
"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?
We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love
those whom we admire.
We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love
those whom we admire.
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.
