"History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man." ― Percy Bysshe Shelley Topic(s): History More From Percy Bysshe Shelley "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." "War is the statesman’s game, the priest’s delight, the lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade." "Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret." More In History "Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows."― Dante Alighieri "Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history."― Elizabeth Edwards "I wouldn’t attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally."― John Foster Dulles