It is only by hearsay (by word of mouth passed down from generation to generation) that whole peoples adore the God of their fathers and of their priests: authority, confidence, submission and custom with them take the place of conviction or of proofs: they prostrate themselves and pray, because their fathers taught them to prostrate themselves and pray: but why did their fathers fall on their knees?
Percy Bysshe ShelleyEvery fanatic or enemy of virtue is not at liberty to misrepresent the greatest geniuses and most heroic defenders of all that is valuable in this mortal world.
Percy Bysshe ShelleySometimes it's better to put love into hugs than to put it into words. Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyMy name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Percy Bysshe Shelley