Advice is like snow — the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.
Tag: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
I have seen gross intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind.
What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
If you would stand well with a great mind, leave him with a favorable impression of yourself; if with a little mind, leave him with a favorable impression of himself.
Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.
No Voice; but oh! the silence sank like music on my heart.