Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Life
- 1772-1834
- Occupations
- poet, philosopher, theologian
- Notable works
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Lyrical Ballads
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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
The Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What if you slept, and what if in your sleep you dreamed, and what if in your dreams you went to heaven and there you plucked a strange and beautiful flower, and what if when you awoke you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge