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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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

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,...

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;...

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....

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...

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

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....

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

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...

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 the way to heaven is heaven

All the way to heaven is heaven

O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!

O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!