To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Genius Quotes

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

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

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself...

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the...

Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they...

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they...

The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold.

The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold.

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...

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

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

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

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...