Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain.”

“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.”

“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.”

“All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.”

“In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.”

“The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.”

“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.”

“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”

“The soul's joy lies in doing.”

“Familiar acts are beautiful through love.”