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

Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he...

Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he...

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...

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

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.

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;...

Kings are like stars, - they rise and set, they have - The worship of...

Kings are like stars, - they rise and set, they have - The worship of...

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

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...

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...

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

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,...

A dream has power to poison sleep.

A dream has power to poison sleep.

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

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;...

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

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...

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;...

Love is a feeling, marriage is a contract, and relationships are work.

Love is a feeling, marriage is a contract, and relationships are work.

Make me immortal with a kiss.

Make me immortal with a kiss.