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

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.

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.

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...

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

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;...

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;...

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

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

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

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....

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...

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own...

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own...

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

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it...

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it...

Music chose me, not the other way around.

Music chose me, not the other way around.

It's better to burn out, then to fade away.

It's better to burn out, then to fade away.