The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted...

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented...

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented...

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union...

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union...

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry;...

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry;...

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.