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

A dream has power to poison sleep.

A dream has power to poison sleep.

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...

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,...

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...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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;...

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...

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

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

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

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.

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,...

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...

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;...

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.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

The social kiss is an exchange of insincerity between two combatants on the field of...

The social kiss is an exchange of insincerity between two combatants on the field of...

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense.

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense.