Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEThe rules of prudence, like the laws of the stone tables, are for the most part prohibitive. “Thou shalt not” is their characteristic formula.
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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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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Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live.
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The Eighth Commandment was not made for bards.
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Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.
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In many ways doth the full heart reveal The presence of the love it would conceal.
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How inimitably graceful children are in general-before they learn to dance.
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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
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My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
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Until you understand a writer’s ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
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Poetry: the best words in the best order.
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Nature 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.
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He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.
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We are not surprised that Abimelech and Ephron seem to reverence him so profoundly. He was peaceful, because of his conscious relation to God.
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How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.
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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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