He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
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Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.
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Works of imagination should be written in very plain language the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.
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What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
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There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection.
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Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.
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The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
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What if you slept?
And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed?
And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower?
And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand?
Ah, what then?
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The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.
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What is an epigram A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
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What is an epigram?
A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.