Cryptoquote Spoiler – 08/24/15

Percy Bysshe Shelley imbibed his radical philosophy from William Godwin’s Political Justice. (Amelia Curran, 1819) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”   —   Percy Bysshe Shelley

(I’m in no mood for some Romantic poet.  So there.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/04/10

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“History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.”   — Percy Bysshe Shelley

(It probably should say: upon the decidedly biased memories of man.  I LOVE history, but it’s THE most subjective of studies.  No matter who is telling the tale you have to take it all with a healthy dose of salt.)   — YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/24/10

“Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with.”   — Percy Bysshe Shelley

(Oooh!  Sounds like someone got a bad review!)   — YUR