Thomas Gray Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Thomas Gray:

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Thomas Gray

'Tis folly to be wise.

Thomas Gray

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.

Thomas Gray

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Thomas Gray

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Thomas Gray

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

Thomas Gray

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.

Thomas Gray

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Thomas Gray

He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.

Thomas Gray

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Thomas Gray

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

Thomas Gray

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Thomas Gray