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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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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? – John Keats

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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. – 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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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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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

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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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The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them. – Moliere

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