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Percy Bysshe Shelley20 quotes
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1818"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1818She faded, like a cloud which had outwept its rain. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1821Nought may endure but Mutability. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1816My soul is an enchanted boat,
Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float
Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1820Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wild wood and the downs. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1822All 20 quotes →Mary Collier2 quotes
The greatest heroes that the world can know,
To women their original must owe. — Mary Collier · 1740So the industrious bees do hourly strive
To bring their loads of honey to the hive;
Their sordid owners always reap the gains,
And poorly recompense their toils and pains. — Mary Collier · 1739Anita Roddick1 quote
I think all business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by "feminine" principles-qualities like love and care and intuition. — Anita Roddick · 1991John Selden1 quote
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him. — John Selden · 1689Neil Gaiman1 quote
Make glorious, amazing mistakes. — Neil Gaiman · 2011Richard Milward1 quote
Philosophy is nothing but discretion. — Richard Milward · 1689Thomas Otway1 quote
What mighty ills have not been done by woman!
Who was 't betrayed the Capitol? -A woman!
Who lost Mark Antony the world? -A woman!
Who was the cause of a long ten years' war,
And laid at last old Troy in ashes? -Woman!
Destructive, damnable, deceitful woman! — Thomas Otway · 1680