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

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in...

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in...

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.

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...

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no...

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

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...

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

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 love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart...

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart...

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...

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults....

It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults....