Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes

Had this author [Sir W Drummond Academical Questions, chap. iii.], instead of inveighing against the guilt and absurdity of atheism, demonstrated its falsehood, his conduct would have, been more suited to the modesty of the skeptic and the toleration of the philosopher.

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The thoughts which the word "God" suggests to the human mind are susceptible of as many variations as human minds themselves.

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What if English toil and blood Was poured forth, even as a flood? It availed, Oh, Liberty, To dim, but not extinguish thee.

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The awful shadow of some unseen Power Floats, tho' unseen, amongst us.

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The practice of utter sincerity towards other men would avail to no good end, if they were incapable of practising it towards their own minds. In fact, truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.

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This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.

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Let the blue sky overhead, The green earth on which ye tread, All that must eternal be Witness the solemnity.

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Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.

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Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.

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The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.

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My neighbour, or my servant, or my child, has done me an injury, and it is just that he should suffer an injury in return. Such is the doctrine which Jesus Christ summoned his whole resources of persuasion to oppose.

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A dream has power to poison sleep.

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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.

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That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon.

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The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture, but that the spirit of its form shall communicate itself to the very disguise and indicate the shape it hides from the manner in which it is worn. A majestic form and graceful motions will express themselves through the most barbarous and tasteless costume.

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Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind; The foul cubs like their parents are.

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That sweet sleep which medicines all pain.

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One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.

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What is Freedom? ye can tell That which slavery is, too well For its very name has grown To an echo of your own.

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