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A poet, as he is the author to others of the highest wisdom, pleasure, virtue, and glory, so he ought personally to be the happiest, the best, the wisest, and the most illustrious of men.
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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Peter was dull he was at first Dull - Oh, so dull - so very dull! Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed - Still with his dulness was he cursed - Dull -beyond all conception - dull.
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All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.
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War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
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Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
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