No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale – my dreams become the substances of my life. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? great books are not in everybody’s reach; — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless; — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted nonsense give to a hard working man. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I may not hope from outward forms to win the passion and the life, whose fountains are within. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A man’s desire is for the woman, but the woman’s desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly father. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Advice is like snow – the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge