The wise only possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Click on the picture of Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote you want to see a larger version.
The wise only possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
Click on the picture of Samuel Taylor Coleridge quote you want to see a larger version.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes
- Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.
- Works of imagination should be written in very plain language the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.
- What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
- 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?
- What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
- Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.
- There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection.
- There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided: 1. That dear old soul, 2. That old woman, 3. That old witch.
- The wise only possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
- The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
- Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.