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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He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

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...

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...

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

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...

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

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...

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...

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....

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

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

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;...

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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...

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

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

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.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government...

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is...

If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is...