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Men and women5 quotes
The 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 · 1834Wife and Servant are the same,
But only differ in the name. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703A woman's friendship ever ends in love. — John Gay · 1720If the heart of a man is depressed with cares,
The mist is dispelled when a woman appears. — John Gay · 1728Then shun, oh! shun that wretched state
And all the fawning flatterers hate:
Value yourselves, and men despise
You must be proud if you'll be wise. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703Marriage3 quotes
Wife and Servant are the same,
But only differ in the name. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703You may depend upon it, that a slight contrast of character is very material to happiness in marriage. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1834Then shun, oh! shun that wretched state
And all the fawning flatterers hate:
Value yourselves, and men despise
You must be proud if you'll be wise. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703Ocean and sea3 quotes
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The 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 · 1798Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Poetry3 quotes
Prose = words in their best order;-poetry = the best words in the best order. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1834No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817Poetry is certainly something more than good sense, but it must be good sense, at all events; just as a palace is more than a house, but it must be a house, at least. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1834Sailing3 quotes
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 · 1798The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798They'll tell thee, sailors, when away,
In ev'ry port a mistress find. — John Gay · 1720The moon3 quotes
Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The moving Moon went up the sky,
And no where did abide;
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside- — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798In looking at objects of Nature while I am thinking, as at yonder moon dim-glimmering through the dewy window-pane, I seem rather to be seeking, as it were asking for, a symbolical language for something within me that already and for ever exists, than observing anything new. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1805Women3 quotes
Wife and Servant are the same,
But only differ in the name. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703Women and wine should life employ.
Is there ought else on earth desirous? — John Gay · 1728Women and elephants never forget an injury. — Saki · 1904Beauty2 quotes
It is the very same taste which relishes a demonstration in geometry, that is pleased with the resemblance of a picture to an original, and touched with the harmony of music. — Joshua Reynolds · 1776The Good consists in the congruity of a thing with the laws of the reason and the nature of the will, and in its fitness to determine the latter to actualize the former: and it is always discursive. The Beautiful arises from the perceived harmony of an object, whether sight or sound, with the inborn and constitutive rules of the judgment and imagination: and it is always intuitive. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1814Love2 quotes
All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame,
All are but ministers of Love,
And feed his sacred flame. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799But true Love is a durable fire,
In the mind ever burning;
Never sick, never old, never dead,
From itself never turning. — Sir Walter Raleigh · 1580Politics2 quotes
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1834That politician tops his part,
Who readily can lie with art. — John Gay · 1732The night sky2 quotes
Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The moving Moon went up the sky,
And no where did abide;
Softly she was going up,
And a star or two beside- — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Youth2 quotes
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away:
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day. — Charles Kingsley · 1863Youth's the season made for joys,
Love is then our duty. — John Gay · 1728Accomplishment1 quote
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 · 1587Adventure1 quote
The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Alcohol1 quote
Women and wine should life employ.
Is there ought else on earth desirous? — John Gay · 1728Antarctica1 quote
Great God! this is an awful place. — Robert Falcon Scott · 1912Appetite for fame1 quote
Fame is a food that dead men eat,-
I have no stomach for such meat. — Henry Austin Dobson · 1906Art1 quote
Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid, and works its effect itself unseen. — Joshua Reynolds · 1774Astronomy1 quote
Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Atonement1 quote
The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Battle of the sexes1 quote
Then shun, oh! shun that wretched state
And all the fawning flatterers hate:
Value yourselves, and men despise
You must be proud if you'll be wise. — Mary Chudleigh · 1703Beauty of math1 quote
It is the very same taste which relishes a demonstration in geometry, that is pleased with the resemblance of a picture to an original, and touched with the harmony of music. — Joshua Reynolds · 1776Beginning of a journey1 quote
The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Beliefs1 quote
It is wrong always, everywhere and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. — W.K. Clifford · 1877Change1 quote
Alteration though it be from worse to better hath in it inconveniences, and those weighty. — Richard Hooker · 1593Christianity1 quote
He who begins by loving Christianity, better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1825Clues1 quote
It is completely unimportant... That is why it is so interesting. — Agatha Christie · 1926Creativity1 quote
Invention... Arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. — Agatha Christie · 1976Curvature of the earth1 quote
The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Death1 quote
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