How inimitably graceful children are in general-before they learn to dance.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEThis world has angels all too few, and heaven is overflowing.
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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Silence does not always mark wisdom.
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He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
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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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When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad.
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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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I never knew a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other.
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Genius is the power of carrying the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood.
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Until you understand a writer’s ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
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Man is distinguished from the brute animals in proportion as thought prevails over sense: but in the healthy processes of the mind, a balance is constantly maintained between the impressions from outward objects and the inward operations of the intellect:–for if there be an overbalance in the contemplative faculty.
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Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted nonsense give to a hard working man
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Experience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate.
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Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.
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My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
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I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
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Our own heart, and not other men’s opinion, forms our true honor.
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