The excellence of every Art is its intensity.
JOHN KEATSGive me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.
More John Keats Quotes
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My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.
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When I behold, upon the night’s starr’d face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance.
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Is there another Life? Shall I awake and find all this a dream? There must be we cannot be created for this sort of suffering.
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Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
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If poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree, then it better not come at all.
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The open sky sits upon our senses like a sapphire crown – the Air is our robe of state – the Earth is our throne, and the Sea a mighty minstrel playing before it.
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I want a brighter word than bright.
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Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.
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A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world.
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My mind has been the most discontented and restless one that ever was put into a body too small for it.
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I am convinced more and more day by day that fine writing is next to fine doing, the top thing in the world.
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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
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Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.
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Shed no tear – O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more – O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root’s white core.
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