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I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats

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.
JOHN KEATS

Intellectual Mindset Strength Thinking
The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
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Bright Creature Eyes Purpose
Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.
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Death Divorce Greatness Land Sea Separate Weakness
Now a soft kiss – Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.
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Bliss End Kiss Soft Vow
Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success.
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Failure Inspirational Motivational Perspective Success
Of love, that fairest joys give most unrest.
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Fair Joy Love Rest
Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.
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Dance Flower Myself Soul Steal
I think we may class the lawyer in the natural history of monsters.
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History Law Monster Natural Thinking
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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Chance Face Hands Live Magic Night Romance Thinking
Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity.
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Forever Silence Thinking
My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.
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Imagination Monk Myself Temple
Every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.
JOHN KEATS

Avoid Care Experience Mistake
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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Bad Beginning Myself Old
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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Book French Fruit Music Play
Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.
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Cruelty Happiness Pain Pleasure Visit
What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet.
JOHN KEATS

Philosophy Poet Virtue

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