And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Friends Quotes

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

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...

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...

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only...

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only...

What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.

A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the...

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the...

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

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

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

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

The happiness of too many days is often destroyed by trying to accomplish too much...

The happiness of too many days is often destroyed by trying to accomplish too much...

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...

Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being...