To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeWe must not be guilty of taking the law into our own hands, and converting it from what it really is to what we think it ought to be.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeIt cannot but be injurious to the human mind never to be called into effort: the habit of receiving pleasure without any exertion of thought, by the mere excitement of curiosity, and sensibility, may be justly ranked among the worst effects of habitual novel-reading.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge