The happiness of life… is made up of minute fractions—the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a gentle word, a heartfelt compliment.

About Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( KOH-lə-rij; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with...

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Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, / Beloved from pole to pole.

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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.

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Swans sing before they die—'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

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The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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The happiness of life . . . is made up of minute fractions — the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a gentle word, a heartfelt compliment.