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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet and critic

Lived from: 1772 - 1834

Category: Media | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 21 october 1772 Died: 25 july 1834

  • Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.
  • And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.
  • No man was ever yet a great poet, without begin at the same time a profound philosopher.
  • An orphan's curse would drag to hell, a spirit from on high; but oh! more horrible than that, is a curse in a dead man's eye!
  • Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
  • 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.
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  • An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches with spire steeples which point as with a silent finger to the sky and stars.
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  • To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed.
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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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  • Good and bad men are less than they seem.
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  • I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language - religion - government - blood - identity in these makes men of one country.
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  • Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.
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  • Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.
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What are the most famous quotes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

The two most famous quotes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge are:

  • "An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches with spire steeples which point as with a silent finger to the sky and stars."
  • "To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed."

When did Samuel Taylor Coleridge live?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in 1772 and died in the year 1834.