In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.
From Percy Bysshe Shelley
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
The soul's joy lies in doing.
A 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.
Government 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.
I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.
All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.
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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