Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote Explained: For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think.

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Dar’st thou amid the varied multitude To live alone, an isolated thing?

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Man is of soul and body, formed for deeds Of high resolve; on fancy’s boldest wing.

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Wings

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To hope till hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Hope
Wrecks

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My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

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· England

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When the power of imparting joy is equal to the will, the human soul requires no other heaven.

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

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O heart, and mind, and thoughts! what thing do you Hope to inherit in the grave below? Explain

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

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· England

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…Ere midnight’s frown and morning’s smile, ere thou and peace may meet.

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

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But hope will make thee young, for Hope and Youth Are children of one mother, even Love.

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

Poet

· England

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man’s face. I now Say what I think.

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man’s face. I now Say what I think.

Dar’st thou amid the varied multitude To live alone, an isolated thing?

Man is of soul and body, formed for deeds Of high resolve; on fancy’s boldest wing.

To hope till hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

When the power of imparting joy is equal to the will, the human soul requires no other heaven.

O heart, and mind, and thoughts! what thing do you Hope to inherit in the grave below? Explain

…Ere midnight’s frown and morning’s smile, ere thou and peace may meet.

But hope will make thee young, for Hope and Youth Are children of one mother, even Love.

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain

There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies

What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain

A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Explain

The art of love is to embrace the world and that which lies beyond it. Explain

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Explain

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Explain

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man’s face. I now Say what I think.

For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man’s face. I now Say what I think.

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