A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Men And Women Quotes

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities...

$The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities...$

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they...

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they...

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

All thoughts, all passions, all delights, whatever stirs this mortal frame, all are but ministers...

All thoughts, all passions, all delights, whatever stirs this mortal frame, all are but ministers...

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten...

$The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten...$

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.

Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.