| 61 Famous Quotes by Thomas Gray
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“Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: On a Distant Prospect of Eton College (st. 10)
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“Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.”
Philanthropy Quotes Source: Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 16)
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“Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,
Heaven did a recompense as largely send;
He gave to misery (all he had) a tear,
He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend.”
Philanthropy Quotes Source: Elegy--The Epitaph
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“To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their paradise.”
Suffering Quotes Source: On a Distant Prospect of Eton College (st. 10)
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“Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best!”
Adversity Quotes Source: Hymn to Adversity (st. 1)
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“What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?”
Cats Quotes Source: On the Death of a Favorite Cat
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“When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best.”
Repentance Quotes Source: Ode to Adversity
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“Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,
The little tyrant of his fields withstood,
Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,
Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.”
Grave Quotes Source: Elegy in a Country Churchyard
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“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Await alike th' inevitable hour,
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
Grave Quotes Source: Elegy in a Country Churchyard
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“They had finished her own crown in glory, and she couldn't stay
away from the coronation.”
Heaven Quotes Source: Enigmas of Life
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“Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.”
Poverty Quotes Source: Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 13)
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“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
Glory Quotes Source: Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 9)
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“Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.”
Solitude Quotes Source: Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 19)
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“Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield:
Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke:
How jocund did they drive their team a-field!
How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!”
Agriculture Quotes Source: Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 7)
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“Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters gold.”
Appearance Quotes Source: Old on a Favorite Cat
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“Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.”
Fortune Quotes Source: On His Own Character
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“Hard Unkindness' alter'd eye,
That mocks the tear if forced to flow.”
Unkindness Quotes Source: Eton College (st. 8)
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“Some bold adventurers disdain
The limits of their little reign,
And unknown regions date descry.”
Adventure Quotes Source: Ode to a Distant Prospect of Eton College
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“And to hie him home, at evening's close,
To sweet repast, and calm repose.
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From toil we wins his spirits light,
From busy day the peaceful night;
Rich, from the very want of wealth,
In heaven's best treasures, peace and health.”
Wealth Quotes Source: Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude (l. 87)
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“What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?”
Gold Quotes Source: On the Death of a Favorite Cat
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“Weave the warp, and weave the woof,
The winding sheet of Edward's race;
Give ample room and verge enough
The characters of Hell to trace.”
Hell Quotes Source: Bard (canto II)
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“Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]”
Hell Quotes Source: Bard (canto II)
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“Loose his beard, and hoary hair
Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.”
Hair Quotes Source: The Bard (I, 2, l. 5)
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“Visions of glory, spare my aching sight!
Ye unborn ages, crown not on my soul.”
Visions Quotes Source: The Bard (III, 1, l. 11)
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“Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows,
While proudly rising o'er the azure realm
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,
Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm.”
Zephyrs Quotes Source: The Bard (pt. II, st. 2, l. 9)
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