Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

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;...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

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...

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.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

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...

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...

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

"Not everything is understood the way it is presented and not everyone presents the way...

The wisest of the wise may err.

The wisest of the wise may err.