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

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old...

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.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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...

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...

Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon...

Poetry: the best words in the best order

Poetry: the best words in the best order

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.