"Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or……" — Thomas Gray
"Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?"
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Thomas Gray
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74 Quotes by Thomas Gray
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Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
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Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond…
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The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
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Thought would destroy their paradise.
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Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd…
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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…
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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…
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Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine…
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Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!
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Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air…
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The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a…
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Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet…
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My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and…
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It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.
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I love cold, rainy weather.
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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