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Quote by John Keats
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 popularity. – John Keats

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

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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. – Epicurus

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