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Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Age: 61 †
Born: 1772
Born: October 21
Died: 1834
Died: July 25
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Trochee trips from long to short From long to long in solemn sort Slow Spondee stalks.
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Never can true courage dwell with them, Who, playing tricks with conscience, dare not look At their own vices.
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The book of Job is pure Arab poetry of the highest and most antique cast.
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In the deepest night of trouble and sorrow God gives us so much to be thankful for that we need never cease our singing. With all our wisdom and foresight we can take a lesson in gladness and gratitude from the happy bird that sings all night, as if the day were not long enough to tell its joy.
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A spring of love gush'd from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware.
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Moral obligation is to me so very strong a Stimulant, that in 9 cases out of ten it acts as a Narcotic. The Blow that should rouse, stuns me.
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The best part of human language, properly so called, is derived from reflection on the acts of the mind itself.
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Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole.
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The juggle of sophistry consists, for the most part, in using a word in one sense in all the premises, and in another sense in the conclusion.
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Imagination that compares and contrasts with what is around as well as what is better and worse is the living power and prime agent of all human perception judgement and emotional reaction.
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That only can with propriety be styled refinement which, by strengthening the intellect, purifies the manners.
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Tranquillity! thou better name Than all the family of Fame.
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A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative a principle carries knowledge within itself, and is prospective.
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