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

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

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.

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...

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Poetry: the best words in the best order

Poetry: the best words in the best order

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

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...

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

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...

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;...

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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

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

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...

There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse...

There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I cannot live without books.

I cannot live without books.