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“God save thee, ancient Mariner!

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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Boys and girls, / And women, that would groan to see a child / Pull off an insect’s leg, all read of war, / The best amusement for our morning meal.
The form of truth will bear exposure, as well as that of beauty herself.
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Tranquillity! thou better name /(Than all the family of Fame.
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Never can true courage dwell with them, / Who, playing tricks with conscience, dare not look / At their own vices.
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Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circumstances, and I will show you ten who are wretched from other causes.
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A falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing; but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living out of their seats.
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Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon the condition of yourself being the object of their action.
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Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.
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Often do the spirits / Of great events stride on before the events, / And in today already walks tomorrow.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a seminal figure in English literature, a poet, literary critic, and philosopher who played a crucial role in the development of Romanticism. Born in Ottery St Mary, Devon, in 1772, his poetic work, notably "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan", is celebrated for its vivid imagination and ethereal lyricism. Coleridge was also an influential literary critic, whose ideas on imagination and the relationship between the poet and nature shaped later literary theory. He collaborated with William Wordsworth on the publication "Lyrical Ballads", a landmark of Romanticism. His philosophical and theological reflections, though sometimes obscure, reveal a profound and inquisitive mind. His life was marked by health problems and opium addiction, which affected his productivity and stability. Samuel Taylor Coleridge passed away in 1834, leaving a lasting legacy in poetry and criticism.