Where soil is, men grow, Whether to weeds or flowers.
JOHN KEATSAs 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.
More John Keats Quotes
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Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
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There is an old saying “well begun is half done”-’tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all ’til half done.
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I want a brighter word than bright.
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With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration.
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I have had a thousand kisses, for which with my whole soul I thank love—but if you should deny me the thousand and first—‘t would put me to the proof how great a misery I could live through.
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Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight; With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.
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To stay youthful, stay useful.
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Scenery is fine – but human nature is finer.
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I will clamber through the clouds and exist.
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The only means of strengthening one’s intellect is to make up one’s mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.
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To silence gossip, don’t repeat it.
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Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success.
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O aching time! O moments big as years!
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I must choose between despair and Energy – I choose the latter.
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That queen of secrecy, the violet.
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