A man's desire is for the woman, but the... by Samuel Taylor Coleridge | We Heart Quotes

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A man's desire is for the woman, but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Humor Mind Sense

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

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Genius School Man

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Life

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Men

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

People

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

Faith

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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