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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.

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
Men, Poetry, Virtue
Percy Bysshe Shelley (2006). “A Defence of Poetry: an Essay: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.48, ReadHowYouWant.com

Gold is a living god and rules in scorn, All earthly things but virtue.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Gold, Virtue, Scorn
Percy Bysshe Shelley, G. Cuningham (1856). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: With Notes”, p.81

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Selfish, Men, Virtue
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1964). “Letters: Shelley in England”

... Virtue owns a more eternal foe Than Force or Fraud: old Custom, legal Crime, And bloody Faith the foulest birth of Time.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Birth, Virtue, Crime
Percy Bysshe Shelley (2012). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.91, JHU Press

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