Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Topics: Change Quotes, Peace Quotes, Sadness Quotes

Heaven's ebon vault, studded with stars unutterably bright, through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls,...

Heaven's ebon vault, studded with stars unutterably bright, through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls,...

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All love is sweet, Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar...

All love is sweet, Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;...

To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;...

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not;...

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not;...

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make...

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make...

All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or...

All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or...

The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set; While, blazoned as on heaven's immortal...

The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set; While, blazoned as on heaven's immortal...

Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city

Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

Some people have the time but they don't have time while others have time but...

Some people have the time but they don't have time while others have time but...