John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5269 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5269 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| QUOTATION: | I have heard of reasons manifold Why Love must needs be blind, But this the best of all I hold,— His eyes are in his mind. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | To a Lady, Offended by a Sportive Observation. |
| Note 1. See Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Quotation 5. [back] |