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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Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

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...

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 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...

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.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.

A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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...

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

Sometimes people decide to be just friends even their feeling is mutual. Not because love...

Sometimes people decide to be just friends even their feeling is mutual. Not because love...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer...

Beauty is everything. Love is innocent. A future with the perfect man is life.

Beauty is everything. Love is innocent. A future with the perfect man is life.