Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me? – Percy Bysshe Shelley
The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
All love is sweet, given or received. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
A dream has power to poison sleep. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
I cannot endure the horror, the evil, which comes to self in solitude. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Soul meets soul on lovers lips. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
The soul’s joy lies in doing. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible. A man ought not to be considered worse or better for his belief. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
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. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
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