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.
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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How does the poet speak to men with power, but by being still more a man than they.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
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To stay youthful, stay useful.
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You are always new to me.
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There is a budding tomorrow in midnight.
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All writing is a form of prayer.
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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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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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Of love, that fairest joys give most unrest.
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I have an habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am leading a posthumous existence.
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My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.
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You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
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The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone!
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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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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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