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Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

About Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1792–1822).

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This quote is attributed to Percy Bysshe Shelley, a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley lived from 1792 – 1822.
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