Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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....

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect...

He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect...

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

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;...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

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...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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...

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.

Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.

Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in...

Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in...

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

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...

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,...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

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

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

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our...

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our...

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.

There is no rose with out thorns.

There is no rose with out thorns.

Makeup and high heels are a plus, but a great smile and personality should be...

Makeup and high heels are a plus, but a great smile and personality should be...