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

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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...

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

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

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a...

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a...

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.

The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence...

The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

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...

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

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

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.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its...

Scars are tattoos with better stories.

Scars are tattoos with better stories.