Thomas Gray Quotes

"Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Genius, Commerce, Fate, Nations)

"Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Care, Sense, Today, Victims)

"He gave to misery (all he had) a tear."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Misery)

"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Fortune, Poor)

"Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Reason, Smiles, Youth)

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Folly, Ignorance)

"Visions of glory, spare my aching sight."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Glory, Sight, Visions)

"'Tis folly to be wise."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Folly)

"The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Glory, Grave)

"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Poetry, Thoughts, Words)

"I shall be but a shrimp of an author."
- Thomas Gray

"If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes."
- Thomas Gray
(Related: Eyes, Faults, Man)