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Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Quote by Mary Shelley about opinion, virtue

Every political good carried to the extreme must be...

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Quote by Mary Shelley about politics, good, good luck

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over...

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Quote by Mary Shelley about woman, wish, power, man

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Quote by Mary Shelley about rightness, charity, justice, world

The movie is about Jimmy coming out of his shell and...

The movie is about Jimmy coming out of his shell and finding his own way, not being a follower, being a leader.

Quote by Eminem about being

If you run out of shots shells on a stage and a cowboy...

If you run out of shots shells on a stage and a cowboy hands you his, they will always be the wrong gauge.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, bad

All cowboys who wear a shot shell, bra belt also know all...

All cowboys who wear a shot shell, bra belt also know all the Broadway show tunes.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys

All cowboys who insist on wearing a shot shell bra belt...

All cowboys who insist on wearing a shot shell bra belt will always be wearing rhinestones or sequins and have shinny guns with mother of pearl grips.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, mother

The slicked up rifle action job that feels so good dry firing at home will never eject shells during the match and if it does they will go into your eye or over your safety glasses and down your collar.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, safety, action, home, good, good luck

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings...

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about poetry, solitude, poets

All Love is sweet. Given or returned. Common as light is...

All Love is sweet. Given or returned. Common as light is love, And its familiar voice wearies not ever.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about love, common sense, voice, light

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They...

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about death, sleep, life

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

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

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about advice, past, fear, future

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about nature, spring

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is...

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about poetry

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then...

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about life

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the...

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about history, time, man

Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about love, promise, absurd, woman

What shell did not feel the sound waves and which bird...

What shell did not feel the sound waves and which bird did not face at least once the wind?

Quote by Sorin Cerin about example, wisdom, face

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