English - Poet | December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
Thomas Gray
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Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.
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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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I shall be but a shrimp of an author.
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The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
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Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
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He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.
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Visions of glory, spare my aching sight.
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Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.
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'Tis folly to be wise.
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And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
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