I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth of the Imagination

Quote by John Keats

Topics: Affection Quotes

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who...

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who...

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing,...

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing,...

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick...

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick...

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

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...

I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you...

I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you...

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the...

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the...

Health is my expected heaven.

Health is my expected heaven.

When I have fears that I may cease to be, Before my pen has gleaned...

When I have fears that I may cease to be, Before my pen has gleaned...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty...

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does...

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does...

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of...

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of...

You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He...

You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He...

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the...

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the...

Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who...

Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who...

I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress.

I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very...

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very...