Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYWords are but holy as the deeds they cover.
More Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes
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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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It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.
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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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I love tranquil solitude.
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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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Strange thoughts beget strange deeds.
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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
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Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
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I pant, I sink, I tremble, I expire!
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I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won.
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Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number- Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many-they are few.
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Joy, once lost, is pain.
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Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory.
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Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city.
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Love’s very pain is sweet.
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