"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud……" — Thomas Gray
"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."
—
Thomas Gray
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
74 Quotes by Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray has 74 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
-
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond…
-
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
-
Thought would destroy their paradise.
-
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd…
-
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The…
-
To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his…
-
Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine…
-
Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!
-
Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air…
-
The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a…
-
Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet…
See all 74 quotes by Thomas Gray »
More Bribe Quotes
This quote is filed under Bribe Quotes,
one of 99 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
— John le Carre
-
When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
— Miguel de Cervantes
-
Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.
— Claud Cockburn
-
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them…
— Sun Tzu
-
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation…
— Ayn Rand
-
Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or…
— Walter Lippmann
-
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My…
— Abraham Lincoln
-
For that, one has to drop all the masks, one has to risk many things, particularly respectability. That is a…
— Rajneesh
-
For awareness you need not go to the Himalayas; you need not go anywhere. Your life gives you enough opportunities…
— Rajneesh
-
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and…
— Sun Tzu
-
Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.
— Thornton Wilder
-
Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely…
— James Madison
See all 99 Bribe Quotes »