1772-1834, British Poet, Critic, Philosopher
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Wit]
I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language — religion — government — blood — identity in these makes men of one country.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Nations]
I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Tolerance]
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 – [Poetry and Poets]
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Politicians and Politics]
Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Bible]
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 Taylor Coleridge – [Language]
Look through the whole history of countries professing the Romish religion, and you will uniformly find the leaven of this besetting and accursed principle of action — that the end will sanction any means.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Catholicism]
My case is a species of madness, only that it is a derangement of the Volition, and not of the intellectual faculties.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Addiction]
No one does anything from a single motive.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Motivation]
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Enthusiasm]
Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into my soul.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Sleep]
Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Kindness]
Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Honor]
Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Opinions]
People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Humor]
Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Plagiarism]
Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Animals]
Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Vocabulary]
Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – [Critics and Criticism]
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