Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

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...

Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live...

Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live...

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. Common as light is love, And its familiar...

All love is sweet, Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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.

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...

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;...

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

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...

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...

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

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...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your...

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your...