If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake -…

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

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...

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

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...

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

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...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

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...

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...

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

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

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

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

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...

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;...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied...

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied...