More From Percy Bysshe Shelley
- "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."
- "Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness."
- "War is the statesman’s game, the priest’s delight, the lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade."
More In Poetry
- "For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ."― Christopher Smart
- "I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table."― Paul Auster
- "Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world."― Tahar Ben Jelloun