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.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGENature has her proper interest; and he will know what it is, who believes and feels, that every Thing has a Life of its own, and that we are all one Life.
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.
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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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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 .
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He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.
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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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No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
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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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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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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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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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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
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Our own heart, and not other men’s opinion, forms our true honor.
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Persecution is a very easy form of virtue.
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Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
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With all our wisdom and foresight we can take a lesson in gladness and gratitude from the happy bird that sings all night, as if the day were not long enough to tell its joy.
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