In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Topics: Literature Quotes, Society Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

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

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

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....

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...

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

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...

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

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,...

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....

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make...

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make...

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;...

Allah has promised to those who believe and do good deeds (that) they shall have...

Allah has promised to those who believe and do good deeds (that) they shall have...

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real...

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real...