Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYThe rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism.
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I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.
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The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism.
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It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.
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Then black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.
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Strange thoughts beget strange deeds.
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This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.
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Fame, power, and gold, are loved for their own sakes – are worshipped with a blind, habitual idolatry.
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We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
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Fate, Time, Occasion, Chance, and Change? To these All things are subject but eternal love.
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The young moon has fed Her exhausted horn With the sunset’s fire.
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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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Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, – but it returneth!
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When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead – When the cloud is scattered The rainbow’s glory is shed.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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