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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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You speak of Lord Byron and me there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task. – John Keats

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Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel. – John Keats

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

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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. – Immanuel Kant

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Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch. – Fournier

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The one who pleased everybody died before they were born. – Proverb

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What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. – Erich Fromm

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A good chief gives, he does not take. – American Indian Proverb

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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. – James Allen

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Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. – Marie Curie

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