Quote of the Day

If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us!

“If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us!” — Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSpecimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1831-12-18)

Quote of the Day

“The man’s desire is for the woman ; but the woman’s desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The man's desire is for the woman ; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

“The man’s desire is for the woman ; but the woman’s desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.” — Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSpecimens of the Table Talk of S.T.Coleridge