Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

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...

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities...

$The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities...$

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

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.

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...

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.

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

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 principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

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

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

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

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;...

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction...

I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if...

I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if...

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That...

The Perennial Philosophy is expressed most succinctly in the Sanskrit formula, tat tvam asi ('That...