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.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYFear not for the future, weep not for the past.
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All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.
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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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Words are but holy as the deeds they cover.
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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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Love’s very pain is sweet.
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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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Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth.
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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.
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Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present.
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Nothing in the world is single, All things by a law divine, In one spirit meet and mingle-Why not I with thine?
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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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Fame, power, and gold, are loved for their own sakes – are worshipped with a blind, habitual idolatry.
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O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
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