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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In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

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,...

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...

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return....

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return....

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

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

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...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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...

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

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...

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

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,...

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

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...

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...

Cats don't like change without their consent.

Cats don't like change without their consent.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

Don't cast your pearls before swine

Don't cast your pearls before swine

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort