As the Swiss inscription says: “Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;” or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
JOHN KEATSHow does the poet speak to men with power, but by being still more a man than they.
More John Keats Quotes
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Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
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Some say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making.
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If something is not beautiful, it is probably not true.
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A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.
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Let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive.
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Touch has a memory. O say, love say, What can I do to kill it and be free In my old liberty?
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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
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You cannot conceive how I ache to be with you: how I would die for one hour.
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To stay youthful, stay useful.
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She press’d his hand in slumber; so once more He could not help but kiss her and adore.
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And when thou art weary I’ll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.
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We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author.
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The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
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Philosophy will clip an angel’s wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine – Unweave a rainbow.
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Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
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