We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Topics: Laughter Quotes

A dream has power to poison sleep.

A dream has power to poison sleep.

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory

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...

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;...

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.

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...

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...

All love is sweet, given or returned.

All love is sweet, given or returned.

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....

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

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....

Love and eggs are best when they are fresh

Love and eggs are best when they are fresh

One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.

One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.