I love tranquil solitude.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYI wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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There Is No God. This negation must be understood solely to affect a creative Deity. The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit co-eternal with the universe remains unshaken.
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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.
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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
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Life and the world, or whatever we call that which we are and feel, is an astonishing thing. The mist of familiarity obscures from us the wonder of our being. We are struck with admiration at some of its transient modifications, but it is itself the great miracle.
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I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.
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To hearts which near each other move From evening close to morning light,The night is good; because, my love,They never say good-night.
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Fame, power, and gold, are loved for their own sakes – are worshipped with a blind, habitual idolatry.
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Are we not formed, as notes of music are, For one another, though dissimilar?
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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Then black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.
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In fact, truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.
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All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.
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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
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When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.
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Sometimes it’s better to put love into hugs than to put it into words. Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.
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