Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself… - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets.

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Alternative Names: S. T. Coleridge

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As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
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all the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.

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Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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