Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes

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Life may change, but it may fly not;
Hope may vanish, but can die not;
Truth be veiled, but still it burneth;
Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Love, Life, Change

1822 'Hellas', l.34-7.

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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Positive, Fear, Moving Forward

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Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wild wood and the downs, -
To the silent wilderness,
Where the soul need not repress
Its music.

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Men, Rivers, Soul

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1872). “A Selection from the Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited with a Memoir by Mathilde Blind”, p.84

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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.

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Ignorance, Study, Funny Exam

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1824). “Posthumous Poems”, p.367

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Sometimes it's better to put love into hugs than to put it into words. Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

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Soul, Hug, Lips

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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Sad, Song, Musical

"To a Skylark" l. 88 (1819)

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When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

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Happy, Humorous, Cat

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I arise from dreams of thee
In the first sweet sleep of night,
when the winds are breathing low,
and the stars are shining bright.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Love, Sexy, Dream

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1874). “The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.299

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Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

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New Relationship, Essence, Liberty

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1994). “The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley”, p.74, Wordsworth Editions

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a single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought

Percy Bysshe Shelley

May, Sparks, Single Word

'A Defence of Poetry' (written 1821; published 1840)

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The crime of inquiry is one which religion never has forgiven.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Inquiry, Crime, Forgiven

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1859). “Shelley Memorials: From Authentic Sources : Now First Printed”, p.30

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I love tranquil solitude.

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Solitude, Tranquil

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1840). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.294

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Words are but holy as the deeds they cover.

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Deeds, Holy

Percy Bysshe Shelley, G. Cuningham (1856). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: With Notes”, p.16

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Strange thoughts beget strange deeds.

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Deeds, Strange, Begets

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1853). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.294

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If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, what doubts should we have concerning our future? If he knows all, why warn him of our needs and fatigue him with our prayers? If he is everywhere, why erect temples to him? If he is just, why fear that he will punish the creatures that he has filled with weaknesses?

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Wise, Prayer, Doubt

Percy Bysshe Shelley (2012). “Uma Defesa da Poesia e Outros Ensaios (Edição Bilíngue): Edição bilíngue português - inglês”, p.199, Editora Landmark LTDA

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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

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Sweet, Cheer, Being Alone

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1840). “A defence of poetry. Essay on the literature, arts, and manners of the Athenians. Preface to the Banquet of Plato. The banquet”, p.34

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O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

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Spring, Winter, Clouds

"Ode to the West Wind" l. 70 (1819)

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And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.

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Inspirational, Dream, Nature

Percy Bysshe Shelley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated)”, p.416, Delphi Classics

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Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.

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Beauty, Poetry, World

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1994). “The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley”, p.52, Wordsworth Editions

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Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.

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Heart, Hands, Bloody

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1871). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.300

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For love and beauty and delight, there is no death nor change.

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Delight

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1845). “Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments”, p.8

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History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

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Memories, Men, History

"A Defence of Poetry" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1821.

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The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism.

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Scylla, Anarchy, Rich

'A Defence of Poetry' (written 1821, published 1840)

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In fact, truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Atheist, Atheism, Facts

"Selected Essays on Atheism".

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Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh, hear!

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Art, Moving, Spirit

'Ode to the West Wind' (1819) l. 1

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Born: August 4, 1792
Died: July 8, 1822
Occupation: Poet
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