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Thomas Gray5 quotes
The paths of glory lead but to the grave. — Thomas Gray · 1751Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray;
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. — Thomas Gray · 1751Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,
And Melancholy marked him for her own. — Thomas Gray · 1751What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish? — Thomas Gray · 1748Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise. — Thomas Gray · 1747