Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry. Percy Bysshe Shelley absurdcasecreed Change image and share on social
I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity. Percy Bysshe Shelley adduceanimateargument 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
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
Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness. Percy Bysshe Shelley religionselfishnesssister Change image and share on social
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 beautyfamiliarhide Change image and share on social
A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. Percy Bysshe Shelley comprehensivelygoodgreatly Change image and share on social
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. Percy Bysshe Shelley fearfuturepast Change image and share on social
Obscenity, 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. Percy Bysshe Shelley beautyblasphemybring Change image and share on social