That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEHow did the atheist get his idea of that God whom he denies?
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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Blest hour! It was a luxury–to be!
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The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
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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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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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Democracy is the healthful lifeblood which circulates through the veins and arteries, which supports the system, but which ought never to appear externally, and as the mere blood itself.
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Until you understand a writer’s ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
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Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people, because they have a power of looking at such persons as objects of amusement of another race altogether.
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We shall only differ in degree and not in kind,–just as the elephant differs from the slug. But by the concession of the materialists of all the schools, or almost all.
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Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
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A single thought is that which it is from other thoughts as a wave of the sea takes its form and shape from the waves which precede and follow it.
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To be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.
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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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How inimitably graceful children are in general-before they learn to dance.
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Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.
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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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