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

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a...

The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a...

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 three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

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.

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.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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

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

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....

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of...

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of...

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

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

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

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in...

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams...

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams...

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;...

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...

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.