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Quote by John Keats
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it

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. – John Keats

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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. – John Keats

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Beauty
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases it will never pass into nothingness. – John Keats

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Beauty
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It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel. – John Keats

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Illusion
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I read poetry to save time. – Marilyn Monroe

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The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism – how should poetry escape? – John C. Ransom

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And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. – John C. Ransom

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I have had much to learn from Swedens poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. – Knut Hamsun

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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. – Author Unknown

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