No one does anything from a single motive.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

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

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

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...

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

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

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence...

The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence...

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented...

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented...