As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

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...

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They...

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They...

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart...

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

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;...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

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...

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...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

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.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

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

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