"Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age."
― Percy Bysshe Shelley
Topic(s):
Age
More From Percy Bysshe Shelley
- "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."
- "History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man."
- "Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted."
More In Age
- "Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly."― Linus Pauling
- "Losing both parents at a young age gave me a sense that you can’t really control life – so you’d better live it while it’s here. I stopped believing in a storybook existence a long time ago. All you can do is push in a direction and see what comes of it."― Jon Hamm
- "I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible."― Mia Hamm