That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a...

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

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...

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.

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

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...

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.

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

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...

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

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

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

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

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;...

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

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

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

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...