It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYTo hearts which near each other move From evening close to morning light,The night is good; because, my love,They never say good-night.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.
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If a person’s religious ideas correspond not with your own, love him nevertheless.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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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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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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I love tranquil solitude.
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The young moon has fed Her exhausted horn With the sunset’s fire.
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When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.
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Words are but holy as the deeds they cover.
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It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.
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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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First our pleasures die – and then our hopes, and then our fears – and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust – and we die too.
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I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire!
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Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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