John Keats on bad
“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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The air is all softness.
John KeatsJohn Keats If something is not beautiful, it is probably not true.
John KeatsJohn Keats I wish to believe in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.
John KeatsJohn Keats There is nothing stable in the world; uproar’s your only music.
John KeatsJohn Keats Health is the greatest of blessings – with health and hope we should be content to live.
John KeatsJohn Keats Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity.
John KeatsJohn Keats 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.
John KeatsJohn Keats Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
John KeatsJohn Keats A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world.
John KeatsJohn Keats I am convinced more and more day by day that fine writing is next to fine doing, the top thing in the world.
John KeatsJohn Keats Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.
John KeatsJohn Keats Life is but a day; A fragile dewdrop on its perilous way From a tree’s summit.
John KeatsJohn Keats How does the poet speak to men with power, but by being still more a man than they.
John KeatsJohn Keats My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.
John KeatsJohn Keats You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
John KeatsJohn Keats Whatever the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth -whether it existed before or not.
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I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.
Shawn MendesShawn Mendes Just because you say something doesn’t make it controversial, and it doesn’t make you a bad person.
Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
Arthur AsheArthur Ashe The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point it will turn out to be a bad move. We all love the first Rocky but I’m not too sure about the last one.
Thierry HenryThierry Henry I know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.
Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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