Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Quote by John Keats

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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...

Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy...

Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy...

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

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

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

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...

Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

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...

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe...

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe...

On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence.

On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

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 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...

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 love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my...

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my...

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...

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...

Then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love...

Then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love...

The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts.

The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts.

A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted...

A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted...

Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to...

Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to...