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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. For what is enthusiasm but the oblivion and swallowing-up of self in an object dearer than self?

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. For what is enthusiasm but the oblivion and swallowing-up of self in an object dearer than self?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Self, Swallowing, Enthusiasm
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1839). “On the Constitution of the Church and State According to the Idea of Each”, p.223

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Men, May, Destruction
"The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 4 (Part I): The Friend".

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ignorance, Understanding, Ignorant
'Biographia Literaria' (1817) ch. 12

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Family, Mothers Day, Father
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas Allsop (1836). “Letters, conversations, and recollections of S. T. Coleridge: in two volumes”, p.23

He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Hope, Medicine, Physicians
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Illustrated)”, p.3340, Delphi Classics

The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wise, Ideas, History
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1849). “Notes and Lectures Upon Shakespeare and Some of the Old Poets and Dramatists: With Other Literary Remains of S. T. Coleridge”, p.131

The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Firsts, Misery, Sincerity
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1836). “The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.339

He prayeth best who loveth best.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Prayer, Dear God, Praying
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" l. 615 (1798)

A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Birthday, Men, Feelings

A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Women, Men, Desire
Table Talk 23 July 1827 (1835)

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Statistics, Poetic, Moments
Biographia Literaria ch. 14 (1817)

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Inspirational, Wisdom, Silence
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1851). “Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.44

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Clever, Prose And Poetry, Prose Poetry
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1835). “Specimens of the table talk of the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.84

It [is] very unfair to influence a child's mind by inculcating any opinions before it [has] come to years of discretion to choose for itself.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Children, Years, Mind

Nature has her proper interest; and he will know what it is, who believes and feels, that every Thing has a Life of its own, and that we are all one Life.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Inspirational, Life, Believe
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, May Byron, William Hazlitt, James Gillman (2015). “Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Man Behind The Lyrics (Illustrated Edition): Autobiographical Works (Memoirs, Complete Letters, Literary Introspection, Thoughts and Notes on Poetry); Including Extensive Biographies and Studies on S. T. Coleridge”, p.958, e-artnow

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Children, Would Be, World
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2008). “Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Major Works”, Oxford Paperbacks

If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Angel, Men, Devil
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Greenough Thayer Shedd (1854). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions”, p.487

If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil . He cannot stop at the beast. The most savage of men are not beasts; they are worse, a great deal worse.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Angel, Men, Devil
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1851). “Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.288

It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a legal duty; but every legal duty is founded on a moral obligation.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Moral, Duty, Obligation

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Writing, Plagiarism, Stolen
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Illustrated)”, p.3106, Delphi Classics

Within today, tomorrow is already walking.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Today, Tomorrow, Walking

When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mistake, Men, Madness
"On the Constitution of the Church and State".

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Friendship, Real Friends, Tree
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1836). “The ancient mariner. Christabel. Miscellaneous poems. Remorse. Zapolya”, p.73

He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Inspirational Life, Preparation, Moments

Good and bad men are each less so than they seem.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Men, Goodness, Good And Bad
"The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge with an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions".

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