Samuel Coleridge Quotes
Most popular Samuel Coleridge Quotes
![Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/82/24782A-alone-on-a-wide-wide-sea-samuel-coleridge.png)
Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.
![Friendship is a sheltering tree. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/52/31452A-friendship-is-a-sheltering-tree-samuel-coleridge.png)
Friendship is a sheltering tree.
![He prayeth best, who loveth best. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/30/38030A-he-prayeth-best-who-loveth-best-samuel-coleridge.png)
He prayeth best, who loveth best.
![There is nothing insignificant...nothing. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/00/4100A-there-is-nothing-insignificantnothing-samuel-coleridge.png)
There is nothing insignificant...nothing.
![Joy rises in me, like as a summer's morn. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/24/34024A-joy-rises-in-me-like-as-summers-morn-samuel-coleridge.png)
Joy rises in me, like as a summer's morn.
![My eyes make pictures, when they are shut. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/13/30613A-my-eyes-make-pictures-when-they-are-shut-samuel-coleridge.png)
My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.
![Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/15/29915A-earth-with-her-thousand-voices-praises-god-samuel-coleridge.png)
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
![The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/84/25984A-the-truth-is-a-great-mind-must-be-androgynous-samuel-coleridge.png)
The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous.
![A mother is a mother still,
The holiest thing alive. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/39/36139A-a-mother-is-a-mother-still-holiest-thing-alive-samuel-coleridge.png)
A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.
![In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/21/15221A-in-politics-what-begins-in-fear-usually-ends-folly-samuel-coleridge.png)
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
![Tranquillity! Thou better name than all the family of Fame. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/39/7039A-tranquillity-thou-better-name-than-all-family-fame-samuel-coleridge.png)
Tranquillity! Thou better name than all the family of Fame.
![Every principle contains in itself the germs of a prophecy. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/87/2487A-every-principle-contains-in-itself-the-germs-prophecy-samuel-coleridge.png)
Every principle contains in itself the germs of a prophecy.
![Our Own Heart, And Not Other Men's Opinion, Form Our True Honor. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/38/11438A-our-own-heart-and-not-other-mens-opinion-form-our-samuel-coleridge.png)
Our Own Heart, And Not Other Men's Opinion, Form Our True Honor.
![Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/33/53633A-common-sense-in-an-uncommon-degree-is-what-world-calls-samuel-coleridge.png)
Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
![Force yourself to reflect on what you read, paragraph by paragraph. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/04/5804A-force-yourself-to-reflect-on-what-you-read-paragraph-by-samuel-coleridge.png)
Force yourself to reflect on what you read, paragraph by paragraph.
![No man was ever honored for what he received, but for what he gave. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/26/2326A-no-man-was-ever-honored-for-what-he-received-but-samuel-coleridge.png)
No man was ever honored for what he received, but for what he gave.
![Painting is the intermediate somewhat between a thought and a thing. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/08/36908A-painting-is-the-intermediate-somewhat-between-thought-thing-samuel-coleridge.png)
Painting is the intermediate somewhat between a thought and a thing.
![If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all? - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/21/40921A-if-you-are-not-a-thinking-man-what-purpose-are-samuel-coleridge.png)
If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all?
![To see him act was like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/45/25245A-to-see-him-act-was-like-reading-shakespeare-by-flashes-samuel-coleridge.png)
To see him act was like reading Shakespeare by flashes of lightning.
![By dignity I mean the absence of ludicrous and debasing associations. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/12/29512A-by-dignity-i-mean-the-absence-ludicrous-debasing-associations-samuel-coleridge.png)
By dignity I mean the absence of ludicrous and debasing associations.
![There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/06/11406A-there-is-one-art-of-which-man-should-be-master-samuel-coleridge.png)
There is one art of which man should be master, the art of reflection.
![And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/15/33015A-and-the-devil-did-grin-for-his-darling-sin-is-samuel-coleridge.png)
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.
![The largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/68/26168A-the-largest-and-worthiest-portion-of-our-knowledge-consists-aphorisms-samuel-coleridge.png)
The largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms.
![No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/60/20560A-no-mind-is-thoroughly-well-organized-that-is-deficient-sense-samuel-coleridge.png)
No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
![Be noble! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions forms our true honor. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/25/2325A-be-noble-our-own-heart-and-not-other-mens-opinions-samuel-coleridge.png)
Be noble! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions forms our true honor.
![Death but supplies the oil for the inextinguishable lamp of everlasting life. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/90/25590A-death-but-supplies-the-oil-for-inextinguishable-lamp-everlasting-life-samuel-coleridge.png)
Death but supplies the oil for the inextinguishable lamp of everlasting life.
![Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/81/32881A-work-without-hope-draws-nectar-in-sieve-hope-without-object-samuel-coleridge.png)
Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live.
![Indignation at literary wrongs I leave to men born under happier stars. I cannot afford it. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/47/33547A-indignation-at-literary-wrongs-i-leave-men-born-under-happier-samuel-coleridge.png)
Indignation at literary wrongs I leave to men born under happier stars. I cannot afford it.
![If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/45/26645A-if-a-man-is-not-rising-upwards-be-angel-depend-samuel-coleridge.png)
If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil.
![In the treatment of nervous cases, he is the best physician, who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/82/32882A-in-the-treatment-of-nervous-cases-he-is-best-physician-samuel-coleridge.png)
In the treatment of nervous cases, he is the best physician, who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
![Advice, like snow, the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/78/25478A-advice-like-snow-the-softer-it-falls-longer-it-dwells-samuel-coleridge.png)
Advice, like snow, the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
![Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper its sinks into the mind. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/00/4600A-advice-is-like-snow-the-softer-it-falls-longer-it-samuel-coleridge.png)
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper its sinks into the mind.
![A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket: let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/52/37552A-a-poet-ought-not-to-pick-natures-pocket-let-him-samuel-coleridge.png)
A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket: let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing.
![Dryden's genius was of that sort which catches fire by its own motion: his chariot-wheels got hot by driving fast. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/24/37624A-drydens-genius-was-of-that-sort-which-catches-fire-by-samuel-coleridge.png)
Dryden's genius was of that sort which catches fire by its own motion: his chariot-wheels got hot by driving fast.
![I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children— and what an inhuman world, without the aged. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/56/13356A-i-have-often-thought-what-a-melancholy-world-this-would-samuel-coleridge.png)
I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children— and what an inhuman world, without the aged.
![For language is the armory of the human mind; and at once contains the trophies of its past, and the weapons of its future conquests. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/89/34289A-for-language-is-the-armory-of-human-mind-at-once-samuel-coleridge.png)
For language is the armory of the human mind; and at once contains the trophies of its past, and the weapons of its future conquests.
![A falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing; but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living out of their seats. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/70/30770A-a-falsehood-is-in-one-sense-dead-thing-but-too-samuel-coleridge.png)
A falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing; but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living out of their seats.
![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 Coleridge quote.](/img/q/12/30212A-nothing-great-was-ever-achieved-without-enthusiasm-what-is-enthusiasm-samuel-coleridge.png)
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?
![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. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/35/16335A-the-happiness-of-life-is-made-up-minute-fractions-little-samuel-coleridge.png)
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.
![Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/06/17506A-sympathy-constitutes-friendship-but-in-love-there-is-sort-antipathy-samuel-coleridge.png)
Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.
![Poetry is certainly something more than good sense, but it must be good sense at all events; just as a palace is more than a house, but it must be a house, at least. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/75/37475A-poetry-is-certainly-something-more-than-good-sense-but-it-samuel-coleridge.png)
Poetry is certainly something more than good sense, but it must be good sense at all events; just as a palace is more than a house, but it must be a house, at least.
![Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, biographers...if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn to critics. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/78/38978A-reviewers-are-usually-people-who-would-have-been-poets-biographersif-samuel-coleridge.png)
Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, biographers...if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn to critics.
![Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/74/20074A-nothing-is-as-contagious-as-enthusiasm-it-is-real-allegory-samuel-coleridge.png)
Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
![Genius must have talent as its complement and implement, just as in like manner imagination must have fancy. In short, the higher intellectual powers can only act through a corresponding energy of the lower. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/32/40632A-genius-must-have-talent-as-its-complement-implement-just-as-samuel-coleridge.png)
Genius must have talent as its complement and implement, just as in like manner imagination must have fancy. In short, the higher intellectual powers can only act through a corresponding energy of the lower.
![If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/70/30570A-if-men-could-learn-from-history-what-lessons-it-might-samuel-coleridge.png)
If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us.
![The happiness of life, on the contrary, is made up of minute fractions—the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling. - Samuel Coleridge quote.](/img/q/55/32455A-the-happiness-of-life-on-the-contrary-is-made-up-samuel-coleridge.png)
The happiness of life, on the contrary, is made up of minute fractions—the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling.