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Quotation from Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats
“"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"--that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
Ode on a Grecian Urn, Stanza 5, lines 49-50 (1820 text)
The urn's message to future generations, with the 1820 volume's quotation marks; who speaks the rest of the sentence is debated.
Citation: ""Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"--that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." — John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Stanza 5, lines 49-50 (1820 text). (id ode-on-a-grecian-urn-q8)
Portrait: Keats urn, John Keats, Public domain.
