Thomas Gray quotes

" Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. " # Ignorance # Wisdom # Fools and Foolishness

" Behind the steps that Misery treads Approaching Comfort view: The hues of bliss more brightly glow Chastised by sabler tints of woe, And blended form, with artful strife, The strength and harmony of life. " # Life and Living # Arts and Artists # Happiness

" Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. " # Economy and Economics # Genius # Change

" The paths of glory lead but to the grave. " # Glory # Freedom # Power

" A favorite has no friend! " # Hypocrisy

" Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune. " # Poverty and The Poor # Corruption # Gifts

" Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. " # Smile # Youth # Age and Aging

" Thought would destroy their paradise. " # Thoughts and Thinking

" Alas! regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today. " # Children # Music # Love

" Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. " # Death and Dying # Humankind # Sleep