There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEPersecution is a very easy form of virtue.
More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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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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The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.
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Until you understand a writer’s ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
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The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
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With no other privilege than that of sympathy and sincere good wishes,
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Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.
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It is a gentle and affectionate thought, that in immeasurable height above us, at our first birth, the wreath of love was woven with sparkling stars for flowers.
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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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The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good.
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Our own heart, and not other men’s opinion, forms our true honor.
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This world has angels all too few, and heaven is overflowing.
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Nothing can permanently please, which doesn’t contain in itself the reason why it is so, and not otherwise.
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The age seems sore from excess of stimulation, just as a day or two after a thorough Debauch and long sustained Drinking-match a man feels all over like a Bruise.
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People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.
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You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it – low, vulgar, meddling with everything, assuming universal competency, and flattering every base passion – and sneering at everything noble refined and truly national.
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