If a man could pass through Paradise in... by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Man philosopher poet Soul critic

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then?

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Death May Man Will

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.

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Feeling Man

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

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Motive

No one does anything from a single motive.

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What comes from the heart, goes to the heart.

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Friendship

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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Bible Being Will Writer

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.

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