Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests

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;...

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...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

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...

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...

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

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

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

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

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

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...

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of...

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of...

The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold.

The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold.

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

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

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

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.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

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.