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It is a flat'ning Thought, that the more we have seen, the less we have to say.
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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Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.
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May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling, Silent as though they watched the sleeping earth!
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And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were.
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There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless no book that is not worth preserving, if its existence may be tolerated as there may be some men whom it may be proper to hang, but none should be suffered to starve.
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When thieves come, I bark when gallants, I am still - So perform both my master's and mistress's will.
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We have to administer the law whether we like it or no.
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Look through the whole history of countries professing the Romish religion, and you will uniformly find the leaven of this besetting and accursed principle of action - that the end will sanction any means.
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