Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

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

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

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of...

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of...

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

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

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.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...