To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

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

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...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

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

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

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.

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

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

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

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

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,...

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of...

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of...

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

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

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

Then what prayer or what supplication so ever shall be made of any man, or...

Then what prayer or what supplication so ever shall be made of any man, or...

Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages,...

Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages,...