The history of man for the nine months preceding his birth would, probably, be far more interesting and contain events of greater moment than all the three score and ten years that follow it.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEClergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good.
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It has been observed before that images, however beautiful, though faithfully copied from nature, and as accurately represented in words, do not of themselves characterize the poet.
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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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I would address an affectionate exhortation to the youthful literati, grounded on my own experience. It will be but short; for the beginning, middle, and end converge to one charge: NEVER PURSUE LITERATURE AS A TRADE.
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Persecution is a very easy form of virtue.
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How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.
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The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.
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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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He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.
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Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.
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The direct tyranny will come on by and by, after it shall have gratified the multitude with the spoil and ruin of the old institutions of the land.
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The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions – the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.
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We may recur to it year after year, and it will supply the same nourishment and the same gratification, if only we ourselves return to it with the same healthful appetite.
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Until you understand a writer’s ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
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Good and bad men are each less so than they seem.
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