Not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry .
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEPoetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
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Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
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The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings.
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When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad.
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An undevout poet is an impossibility.
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There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy which must sadden, or at least soften every reflecting observer.
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Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.
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People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.
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Silence does not always mark wisdom.
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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.
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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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A sight to dream of, not to tell!
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The rules of prudence, like the laws of the stone tables, are for the most part prohibitive. “Thou shalt not” is their characteristic formula.
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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
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Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.
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No man does anything from a single motive.
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