Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Understanding Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

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

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

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed...

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

All thoughts, all passions, all delights, whatever stirs this mortal frame, all are but ministers...

All thoughts, all passions, all delights, whatever stirs this mortal frame, all are but ministers...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never...

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.

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

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

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...

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 do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

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...

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;...

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

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

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

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

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

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...

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

The good man is the friend of all living things

The good man is the friend of all living things