Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon the condition of yourself being the object of their action

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

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

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They...

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They...

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

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...

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....

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

Poetry: the best words in the best order

Poetry: the best words in the best order

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

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;...

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

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

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only...

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only...

The only source of knowledge is experience

The only source of knowledge is experience

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

Experience is only half of experience

Experience is only half of experience