Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Friends Quotes

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no...

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no...

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion....

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion....

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and...

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

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

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

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect...

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect...

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...

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...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry;...

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry;...

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself...

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself...

The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than...