War is the statesman’s game, the priest’s delight, the lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYLove’s very pain is sweet.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.
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I have been a wanderer among distant fields. I have sailed down mighty rivers.
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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
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I wish no living thing to suffer pain.
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It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.
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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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The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
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When a man marries, dies, or turns Hindu, his best friends hear no more of him.
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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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Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
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Heaven’s ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon’s unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which love has spread To curtain her sleeping world.
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O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory.
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