Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Quote by John Keats

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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.

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...

He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.

He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Let us not go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like buzzing here and there for...

Let us not go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like buzzing here and there for...

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

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...

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...

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...

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

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...

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Away with old Romance! Away with novels, plots and plays of foreign courts; Away with...

Away with old Romance! Away with novels, plots and plays of foreign courts; Away with...

But some love not the method of your first; Romance they count it, throw't away...

But some love not the method of your first; Romance they count it, throw't away...

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.