"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,……" — Thomas Gray
"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
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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 mom and I are like sisters. We kind of grew up together. She always treated me as an adult.…
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The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.
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This freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society, setting us apart. Like the right of assembly…
— William O. Douglas
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Christmas Eve Saint Francis and Saint Benedight Blesse this house from wicked wight; From the night-mare and the goblin, That…
— Unknown Author
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Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre…
— John Milton
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I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of…
— Phil Jackson
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Those forms we fancy shadows, those strange lights That flash on dank morasses, the quick wind That smites us by…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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Once when I was 16 I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I…
— Ashlee Simpson
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The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when…
— Jay Electronica
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I remember when I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that…
— Amy Klobuchar
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There's nothing great Nor small, has said a poet of our day, Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew of…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
— Golda Meir
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