Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Poetry: the best words in the best order

Poetry: the best words in the best order

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

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...

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

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

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies 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.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

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...

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

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

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

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

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

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;...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

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...

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

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

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning...

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning...

The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is...

The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...