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Thomas Gray Quotes


An English poet, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.
Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.

Here are some famous quotes by Thomas Gray.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

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Thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

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Where ignorance is bliss Tis folly to be wise.

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Poetry is thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

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As to posterity I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?

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Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.

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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

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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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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.