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

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

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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. – Oliver Goldsmith

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

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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

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Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. – Wilson Mizner

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If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. Its something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love. – Robbie Fowler

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The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge. – Toshihiko Fukui

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