"Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things." — Gilbert Keith Chesterton

A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness

Source: Endymion (1818)

There's a woman like a dew-drop, she's so purer than the purest

Source: Pippa Passes (1841)

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish popularity.

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

Source: Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself (1892 edition)

I am in love with this green earth; the face of town and country; the unspeakable rural solitudes.

Source: Essays of Elia, New Year's Eve

My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky:

Source: Poems in Two Volumes, My Heart Leaps Up (1807)

Gilbert Keith Chesterton Quote