I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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...

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

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

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

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...

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

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.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

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...

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;...

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...

He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union...

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union...

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...

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

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

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

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

Puns are a form of humor with words.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

If I can delay your action with my inaction, then Ill gladly do nothing for...

If I can delay your action with my inaction, then Ill gladly do nothing for...

Humor is reason gone mad.

Humor is reason gone mad.