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.
in Percy Bysshe Shelley QuotesDeath is the veil which those who live call life. They sleep, and it is lifted
in Percy Bysshe Shelley QuotesKings are like stars, - they rise and set, they have - The worship of the world, but no repose
in Percy Bysshe Shelley QuotesA husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other. Any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one moment after the decay of their affection would be a most intolerable tyranny, and the most unworthy of toleration.
in Percy Bysshe Shelley QuotesReason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things
in Percy Bysshe Shelley QuotesObscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.
in Percy Bysshe Shelley QuotesIs it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.
in Percy Bysshe Shelley QuotesThough we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry. we'll have tea and toast. Custards for supper, and an endless host Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies, And other such ladylike luxuries
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