Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes

English - Poet | October 21, 1772 - July 25, 1834

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

ImaginationTalentActionGenius

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

LifeDreamsLiveManMy LifeBecome

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

TreeFactsPrinciplesRootGeneral

Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

TruthYouthFriendsPoisonBeenHad

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

IgnoranceYourselfUnderstandingYou

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility to acquirers; and three, hope to all.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

HopeGreatGovernmentSecurityThree

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

StrengthHeartManMindGoodness

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

NatureDieBadSingShouldBefore

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

WomanManFeelingLooksSheOld

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

HumorMindSense Of HumorOrganized

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

FailureFearPoliticsBeginsEnds

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

WillMindsNeedWeakReformExcess

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