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Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word, or a thought, in vain or out of place if we do not understand him, it is our own fault.
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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Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.
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Experience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate.
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