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

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

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...

The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture,...

The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture,...

Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have...

Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

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...

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

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

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects...

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects...

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...

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;...

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,...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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.

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other....

A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other....

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.