I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

Quote by John Keats

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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...

O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song!

O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel's song!

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer...

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer...

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school...

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school...

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.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all ye know on earth, and all...

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all ye know on earth, and all...

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass...

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass...

I wish to beleave in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.

I wish to beleave in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.

Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed...

Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed...

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

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

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

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,...

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...

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...