Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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"No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor."	Humor
"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."	Evil, Good, Poetry
"Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming."	Miscellaneous
"Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick."	Death
"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."	Art, Happiness, Joy
"Only the wise possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them."	Art, Excellence, Knowledge
"All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."	Darkness, Light, Love
"Common sense in an uncommon degree [and] is what the world calls wisdom."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"An orphan's curse would drag to HellA spirit from on high;But oh! More horrible than thatIs the curse in a dead man's eye."	Death, Men
"Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills. We feel a thousand miseries till we are lucky enough to feel misery."	Anti-Religion, Adversity
"Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people."	Genius
"What comes from the heart goes to the heart."	Art
"What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?"	Friendship, Dreams
"He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all."	Excellence, Love
"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship--never."	Friends, Love
"Friendship is like a sheltering tree."	Friends
"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."	Honesty, Religion, Truth
"What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?"	Love
"Poetry: the best words in the best order."	Poetry
"He saw a lawyer killing a viper On a dunghill hard, by his own stable And the devil smiled, for it put him in mind Of Cain and his brother, Abel."	Ability, Evil, Good
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