"If the best man's faults were written on……" — Thomas Gray
"If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes."
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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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