John Keats Quotes

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a ... -John Keats

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

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the he... -John Keats

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

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.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be trut... -John Keats

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endl... -John Keats

Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ev... -John Keats

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

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.

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's you... -John Keats

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

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The quote suggests that instability and chaos are inherent in the world, and amidst this turbulence, uproar or disorder serves as the prevailing theme or soundtrack.

I love you the more in that I believe you had like... -John Keats

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.

With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration.

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness... -John Keats

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

Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

Love is my religion - I could die for it.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sw... -John Keats

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separ... -John Keats

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

Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

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This quote personifies nature as having its own poetic essence, suggesting that the beauty, harmony, and wonder of the natural world continue to inspire and evoke a sense of poetic appreciation, reinforcing the timeless and enduring presence of nature's poetic qualities.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capa... -John Keats

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

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