In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace; but the first wonder is the offspring of ignorance, the last is the parent of adoration

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Admiration Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

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...

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

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;...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...

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...

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...

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life,...

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in...

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in...

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

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...

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

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...

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

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

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

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

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...