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.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYSometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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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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Love’s very pain is sweet.
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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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Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.
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Are we not formed, as notes of music are, For one another, though dissimilar?
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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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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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Away, 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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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid – in which case all comment is superfluous – or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.
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Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
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When a man marries, dies, or turns Hindu, his best friends hear no more of him.
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