#er

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#adds #brother #crime #does #excuse

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#comes #far #spring #winter

The more we study the more we discover our ignorance. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#ignorance #more #our #study

Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope can paint or suffering may achieve, we descanted. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#been #believe #concerning #destiny #earth

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. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#believe #both #cases #creed #ever

I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#drunken #i #joy #other #taste

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#delight #game #hired #jest #lawyer

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. ↗

— William Shenstone

#efficacy #every #friend #increases #insincerity

Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#generous #had #i #knew #money

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#contain #ever #lightning #poetry #sword