Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
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Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
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