Contrary Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The Language of the Dream/Night is contrary to that of Waking/Day. It is a language of Images and Sensations, the various dialects of which are far less different from each other, than the various Day-Languages of Nations.” quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Download Open image

“The Language of the Dream/Night is contrary to that of Waking/Day. It is a language of Images and Sensations, the various dialects of which are far less different from each other, than the various Day-Languages of Nations.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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