Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

Quote by John Keats

Topics: Praise Quotes

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among...

There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among...

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

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...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his...

It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his...

Even bees, the little almsmen of spring bowers, know there is richest juice in poison-flowers

Even bees, the little almsmen of spring bowers, know there is richest juice in poison-flowers

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's...

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's...

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.