Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Quote by John Keats

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Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered...

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered...

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Love is like the moon, when it does not increase, it decreases

Love is like the moon, when it does not increase, it decreases

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and...

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and...

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in...

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in...

Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu

Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu

You are always new, The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

You are always new, The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

Love is my religion - I could die for it.

Love is my religion - I could die for it.

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which...

The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which...

Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms...

Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms...

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish...

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish...

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.