02c. 1807 ADA man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.Percy Bysshe Shelley / quote ↗
03c. 1807 ADGovernment 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.Percy Bysshe Shelley / quote ↗
05c. 1807 ADChange is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim.Percy Bysshe Shelley / quote ↗
06c. 1807 ADA poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.Percy Bysshe Shelley / quote ↗
07c. 1807 ADPoetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.Percy Bysshe Shelley / quote ↗
