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John Keats Quotes

English Romantic poet, author of odes to a nightingale and a Grecian urn. (1795-1821)

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

John Keats

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

John Keats

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of Imagination.

John Keats

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

John Keats

I was never afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats

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Who was John Keats?

English Romantic poet, author of odes to a nightingale and a Grecian urn. This page collects their most famous quotes in one place.

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