Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns critic.
More Quotes from Percy Bysshe Shelley:
But his, it seemed already free,Like the shadow of fire surrounding me!
Percy Bysshe Shelley
His strong heart sunk and sickened with excess
Of love.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker, so an unsuccessful author turns critic.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
An unskilled hand, yet one informed
With genius, had the marble warmed
With that pathetic life.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Make once more my heart thy home!
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Here I swear, and as I break my oath may eternity blast me, here I swear that never will I forgive Christianity It is the only point on which I allow myself to encourage revenge. Oh, how I wish I were the Antichrist, that it were mine to crush the Demon to hurl him to his native Hell never to rise again I expect to gratify some of this insatiable feeling in Poetry.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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