Quote#Courage
I could not know
Quote bySamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1772–1834
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Pains of Sleep", st. 2 (wr. 1803; pub. 1816).
English (original)
I could not know, Whether I suffered, or I did: For all seemed guilt, remorse or woe, My own or others still the same Life-stifling fear, soul-stifling shame!
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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