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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Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city

Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city

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...

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

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...

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

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...

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...

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...

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....

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

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...

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 spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil

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...

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...

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness

A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather...

A man's moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather...

Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and self-respect are...

Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and self-respect are...

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.