The howl of self-interest is loud but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYAway, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, – To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.
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A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan like leaves to the light, and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
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If a person’s religious ideas correspond not with your own, love him nevertheless.
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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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I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire!
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In fact, truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.
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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
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I love all waste And solitary places; where we taste The pleasure of believing what we see Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be.
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Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.
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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 young moon has fed Her exhausted horn With the sunset’s fire.
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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
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Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city.
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Love’s very pain is sweet.
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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
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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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