What did Thomas Gray mean by: Along the cool sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. - Thomas Gray Poet · England Copy
+ Where once my careless childhood strayed, / A stranger yet to pain. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Childhood, Innocence, Pain, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Can honor’s voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death? Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Dust, Honor, Voice, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ If the best man’s faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Eye, Hate, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Belief, Believe, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far,-but far above the great. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Fate, Limits, Vulgar, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief, without the help of other argument. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Atheism, Helping, Religion, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ E’en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E’en in our ashes live their wonted fires. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Fire, Nature, Voice, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ The Attic warbler pours her throat, Responsive to the cuckoo’s note, The untaught harmony of spring. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Harmony, Spring, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
