War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawy… - Percy Bysshe Shelley

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War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English romantic poets, widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets in the English language; husband of Mary Shelley.

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Alternative Names: Percy Byssche Shelley • Percy Shelley • Shelli Persi Bish

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Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible. A man ought not to be considered worse or better for his belief.

And with glorious triumph, they Rode through England proud and gay, Drunk as with intoxication Of the wine of desolation.

God is an hypothesis, and, as such, stands in need of proof: the onus probandi rests on the theist.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. - Percy Bysshe Shelley

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