It [is] very unfair to influence a child’s mind by inculcating any opinions before it [has] come to years of discretion to choose for itself.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGECommon sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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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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No man does anything from a single motive.
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To be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.
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Even to admire otherwise than on the whole and where “I admire” is but a synonyme for “I remember, I liked it very much when I was reading it ,” is too much an effort, would be too disquieting an emotion!
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Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
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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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Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.
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And in today already walks tomorrow.
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Persecution is a very easy form of virtue.
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He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
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Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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Man thereby becomes the creature of mere meditation, and loses his natural power of action.
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The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
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It has been observed before that images, however beautiful, though faithfully copied from nature, and as accurately represented in words, do not of themselves characterize the poet.
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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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