Best Quotes by Thomas Gray (Top 10)

  1. 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.
  2. Full many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
  3. Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
  4. Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
  5. Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
  6. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
  7. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
  8. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.
  9. Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters gold.
  10. The meanest flowret of the vale, / The simplest note that swells the gale, / The common sun, the air, and skies, / To him are opening paradise.

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