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. Percy Bysshe Shelley fraughtlaughterpain Change image and share on social
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. Percy Bysshe Shelley generousknowmoney Change image and share on social
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. Percy Bysshe Shelley addbrothercrime Change image and share on social
Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain. Percy Bysshe Shelley afforddelightexist Change image and share on social
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance. Percy Bysshe Shelley discoverignorancestudy Change image and share on social
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 decayevilgood Change image and share on social
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. Percy Bysshe Shelley consumelightningpoetry Change image and share on social
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley sadsongsweet Change image and share on social
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things. Percy Bysshe Shelley differenceimaginationreason Change image and share on social
