Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYMan who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
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Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
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When the power of imparting joy is equal to the will, the human soul requires no other heaven.
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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
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Sing again, with your dear voice revealing. A tone Of some world far from ours, where music and moonlight and feeling are one.
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Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth.
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Nothing in the world is single, All things by a law divine, In one spirit meet and mingle-Why not I with thine?
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The psychological and moral comfort of a presence at once humble and understanding-this is the greatest benefit that the dog has bestowed upon man.
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The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
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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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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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Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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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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This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.
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