I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
JOHN KEATSWhat shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet.
More John Keats Quotes
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The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
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Parting they seemed to tread upon the air, Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart Only to meet again more close.
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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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I want a brighter word than bright.
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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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Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.
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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 wish I was either in your arms full of faith, or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.
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Love is my religion – I could die for it.
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I don’t need the stars in the night I found my treasure All I need is you by my side so shine forever.
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Failure is in a sense the highway to success, as each discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.
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Shed no tear – O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more – O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root’s white core.
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Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless, tranced thing, But divine melodious truth.
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Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art– Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite.
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