The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYWhen 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.
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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I love tranquil solitude.
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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
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Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city.
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Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.
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If God has spoken, why is the world not convinced.
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I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire!
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And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
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Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
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All love is sweet Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever.
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Love’s very pain is sweet, But its reward is in the world divine Which, if not here, it builds beyond the grave.
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The howl of self-interest is loud but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note.
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