Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Complicated Relationship Quotes, Love Quotes

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

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

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.

A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.

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.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books...

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...

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and...

Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and...

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...

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

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...

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...

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...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

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

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

Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge -- broad, deep knowledge -- is to know...

Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge -- broad, deep knowledge -- is to know...

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's...

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's...

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and...

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and...