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Narrative poem11 quotes

Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798 Nor dim nor red, like God's own head, The glorious Sun uprist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798 Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798 Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed The lighthouse top I see? Is this the hill? Is this the kirk? Is this mine one countree? — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798 He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798 The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798 All 11 quotes →

Autobiography and memoir2 quotes

Invention... Arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. — Agatha Christie · 1976 No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817

Detective fiction2 quotes

With method and logic one can accomplish anything! — Agatha Christie · 1924 It is completely unimportant... That is why it is so interesting. — Agatha Christie · 1926

Historical literature2 quotes

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. — Francis Drake · 1587 O eloquent, just, and mighty Death!... Thou hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hic jacet (here lies). — Sir Walter Raleigh · 1614

Philosophical literature2 quotes

Whoso taketh in hand to frame any state or government, ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be. — Sir Walter Raleigh · 1618 It is wrong always, everywhere and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. — W.K. Clifford · 1877