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Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Wise, Wisdom, Men
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Herne Shepherd (1810). “The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley ... Ed. ... by Richard Herne Shepherd”, p.244

The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Love, Wise, Wisdom
'Prometheus Unbound' (1820) act 1, l. 625

The good want power, but to weep barren tears. The powerful goodness want: worse need for them. The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Wise, Wisdom, Powerful
'Prometheus Unbound' (1820) act 1, l. 625

Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Wisdom, Found, Mankind
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat (2004). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.626, JHU Press

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