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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: English
Born: October 21, 1772
Died: July 25, 1834

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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Good and bad men are less than they seem.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A man's as old as he's feeling. A woman as old as she looks.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

No one does anything from a single motive.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poetry: the best words in the best order.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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