It [is] very unfair to influence a child’s mind by inculcating any opinions before it [has] come to years of discretion to choose for itself.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEWith no other privilege than that of sympathy and sincere good wishes,
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.
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Within today, tomorrow is already walking.
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The Beautiful arises from the perceived harmony of an object, whether sight or sound, with the inborn and constitutive rules of the judgment and imagination: and it is always intuitive.
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He prayeth best who loveth best.
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My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
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There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection.
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Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.
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Silence does not always mark wisdom.
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The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
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He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
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You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it – low, vulgar, meddling with everything, assuming universal competency, and flattering every base passion – and sneering at everything noble refined and truly national.
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It is a gentle and affectionate thought, that in immeasurable height above us, at our first birth, the wreath of love was woven with sparkling stars for flowers.
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There are errors which no wise man will treat with rudeness while there is a probability that they may be the refraction of some great truth still below the horizon.
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Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.
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All powerful souls have kindred with each other
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