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> [The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of vanity and over-self-contemplativeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/the-desire-to-be-the-object-of-public-attention-is-weak-but-the/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

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## More by Sara Coleridge

> [I don't pretend to any exemption from the general lot of parental delusion-I mean that like most other parents I see my child through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/i-don-t-pretend-to-any-exemption-from-the-general-lot-of-parental/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [Much waste of words and of thought too would be avoided if disputants would always begin with a clear statement of the question, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/much-waste-of-words-and-of-thought-too-would-be-avoided-if-disputants/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [there is nothing so uncertain and slippery as fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/there-is-nothing-so-uncertain-and-slippery-as-fact/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [Fresh October brings the pheasant, The to gather nuts is pleasant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/fresh-october-brings-the-pheasant-the-to-gather-nuts-is-pleasant/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [June brings tulips, lilies, roses, Fills the children's hands with posies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/june-brings-tulips-lilies-roses-fills-the-children-s-hands-with-posies/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [Life is the steam of the corporeal engine; the soul is the engineer who makes use of the steam-quickened engine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/life-is-the-steam-of-the-corporeal-engine-the-soul-is-the-engineer/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/january-brings-the-snow-makes-our-feet-and-fingers-glow/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [April brings the primrose sweet, / Scatters daisies at our feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/april-brings-the-primrose-sweet-scatters-daisies-at-our-feet/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [When I read or hear of the mutual injuries of England and Ireland, I fancy it would have been a blessed thing had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/when-i-read-or-hear-of-the-mutual-injuries-of-england-and-ireland-i/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/the-poplar-grows-up-straight-and-tall-the-pear-tree-spreads-along-the/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of vanity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/the-desire-to-be-the-object-of-public-attention-is-weak-but-the/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/february-brings-the-rain-thaws-the-frozen-lake-again/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [Puns are often unacceptable to the feelings; they come like a spoonful of ice-cream in the midst of a comfortable smoking-hot steak, or as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/puns-are-often-unacceptable-to-the-feelings-they-come-like-a-spoonful/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [bubbles of false opinion will last whole ages, and deceive whole generations, till they are broken by some powerful breath, and even then how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/bubbles-of-false-opinion-will-last-whole-ages-and-deceive-whole/)

[Sara Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-coleridge/)

> [I would have any one, who really and truly has leisure and ability, make verses. I think it a more refining and happy-making occupation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-coleridge/i-would-have-any-one-who-really-and-truly-has-leisure-and-ability/)

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