Breathe Quote by Thomas Gray

“Bright-eyed Fancy, hov'ring o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe and words that burn.”

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There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief without the help of any other argument.

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What female heart can gold despise? What cat 's averse to fish?

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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the…

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Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The still small voice of…

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Sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.

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He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.

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And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

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“Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College ”

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“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave Awaits alike the inevitable hour: The paths…

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Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

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E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.

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How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great!

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I drink to feel / I smoke to breathe / Just look what love / Has done to me

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