"Beauty awakens the soul to act" — Dante Alighieri

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

Source: Endymion (1818)

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on

Source: In a Balcony (1855)

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Source: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, book 1 (1690)

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul

Source: The Spectator, no. 215 (1711)

A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

God made the country, and man made the town.

Source: The Task (1785)

Dante Alighieri Quote