Quotes by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in >>

Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you m >>

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes >>

Quotations about Celibacy

How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article >>

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetu >>

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a m >>

How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the best and most enlightened men in Romanist countries attach a notion of impurity to the marriage of a clergyman. And can such a feeling be without its effect on the estimation of the wedded life in general? Impossible! and the morals of both sexes in Spain, Italy, France, and. prove it abundantly.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor