The rules of prudence, like the laws of the stone tables, are for the most part prohibitive. “Thou shalt not” is their characteristic formula.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGERemorse is as the heart in which it grows; If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews Of true repentance; but if proud and gloomy, It is the poison tree, that pierced to the inmost, Weeps only tears of poison.
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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Until you understand a writer’s ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
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There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection.
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Poetry: the best words in the best order.
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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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He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
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And in today already walks tomorrow.
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A woman’s friendship borders more closely on love than man’s. Men affect each other in the reflection of noble or friendly acts; whilst women ask fewer proofs and more signs and expressions of attachment.
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Deep thinking is attainable only by a man of deep feeling, and all truth is a species of revelation
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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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Either we have an immortal soul, or we have not. If we have not, we are beasts,–the first and the wisest of beasts, it may be, but still true beasts.
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Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.
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Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.
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Advice is like snow – the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.
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All powerful souls have kindred with each other
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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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