With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration.
JOHN KEATSThe excellence of every Art is its intensity.
More John Keats Quotes
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Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright. And the stars they glisten, glisten, Seeming with bright eyes to listen- For what listen they?
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All writing is a form of prayer.
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Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
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Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity.
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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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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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Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.
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You are always new to me.
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Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not 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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I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart’s affections, and the truth of imagination.
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Let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive.
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To stay youthful, stay useful.
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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
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Every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.
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