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The soul's joy lies in doing.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Age: 29 †
Born: 1792
Born: August 4
Died: 1822
Died: July 8
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This, and no other, is justice: to consider, under all the circumstances and consequences of a particular case, how the greatest quantity and purest quality of happiness will ensue from any action ... there is no other justice.
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Till the Future dares Forget the Past, his fate and fame shall be An echo and a light unto eternity!
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For there are deeds which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.
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Thou Paradise of exiles, Italy!
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