708 Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley

The young moon has fed Her exhausted horn With the sunset’s fire.

It belongs to a philosophical critic to distinguish rather than confound.

Peter was dull; he was at first Dull; – Oh, so dull – so very dull! Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed – Still with his dulness was he cursed – Dull -beyond all conception – dull.

Less oft peace in Shelley’s mind, Than calm in waters seen.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

A single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought.

Death is the veil which those who live call life: They sleep, and it is lifted.

Kings are like stars -- they rise and set, they have the worship of the world, but no repose.

Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill/ Which severs those it should unite; / Let us remain together still, / Then it will be good night.