Coleridge, poet and philosopher wrecked in a mist of opium.
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Byron.Matthew Arnold
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I think he was the first man I met who was not afraid of me in some way. We were very similar, like brother and sister. Our spirits are similar. We were the same height and the same age, almost … He was well read and he introduced me to William Blake and also the English Romantic poets who came after him. Jim liked Shelley. I preferred Coleridge. In fact, he is my favoured poet of all time. Did you know they were all drug addicts? Coleridge was addicted to opium. It is better to be addicted to opium than to be addicted to money.
Nico
One of those leaders of what they call the social revolution has said that religion is the opiate of the people. Opium...opium...opium, yes. Let us give them opium so that they can sleep and dream.
Miguel de Unamuno
The genius of Coleridge is like a sunken treasure ship, and Coleridge a diver too timid and lazy to bring its riches to the surface.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He's a poet. He's a philosopher. And last night, I think I saw him walking on water.
Bono
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