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

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...

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....

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...

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.

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;...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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...

A dream has power to poison sleep.

A dream has power to poison sleep.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less...

Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less...

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only...

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak