Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYA single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.
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Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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The young moon has fed Her exhausted horn With the sunset’s fire.
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It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust.
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Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
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Joy, once lost, is pain.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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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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Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.
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I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won.
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I wish no living thing to suffer pain.
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If God has spoken, why is the world not convinced.
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Love’s very pain is sweet.
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