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

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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;...

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;...

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

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...

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...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

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....

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

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;...

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the...

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the...

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...

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

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

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

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...

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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...

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow...

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow...

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life...

Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life...

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are...

If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are...