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.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGENo man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.
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As it must not, so genius cannot be lawless; for it is even that constitutes its genius – the power of acting creatively under laws of its own origination.
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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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How inimitably graceful children are in general-before they learn to dance.
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Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.
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What comes from the heart goes to the heart
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If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.
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We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery.
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The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.
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The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.
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He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.
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A bitter and perplexed “What shall I do?” Is worse to man than worse necessity.
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The author of Biographia Literaria was already a ruined man. Sometimes, however, to be a “ruined man” is itself a vocation.
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He prayeth best who loveth best.
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Genius is the power of carrying the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood.
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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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