"Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman."
"Every man, in proportion to his virtue, considers himself, with respect to the great community of mankind, as the steward and guardian of their interests in the property which he chances to possess. Every man, in proportion to his wisdom, sees the manner in which it is his duty to employ the resources which the consent of mankind has intrusted to his discretion."
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Source: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1980). “Shelley on Love: An Anthology”, p.89, Univ of California Press
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