708 Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley

I love tranquil solitude, And such society As is quiet, wise, and good; Between thee and me What difference? but thou dost possess The things I seek, not love them less.

Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number- Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many-they are few.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Poets, not otherwise than philosophers, painters, sculptors, and musicians, are, in one sense, the creators, and, in another, the creations, of their age.

Necessity, thou mother of the world!

Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted.

Dar'st thou amid the varied multitude To live alone, an isolated thing?

The jealous keys of truth's eternal doors.

Jealousy's eyes are green.