It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYWe 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.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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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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Poets, not otherwise than philosophers, painters, sculptors, and musicians, are, in one sense, the creators, and, in another, the creations, of their age.
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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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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
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I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
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Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.
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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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Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.
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Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.
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Love’s very pain is sweet.
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Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city.
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Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory.
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