What did Thomas Gray mean by: Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far,-but far above the great. - 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
+ The insect-youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Spring, Taste, Wings, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ From Helicon’s harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Progress, Spring, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Keep Smiling, Youth, 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
+ And hie him home, at evening’s close, To sweet repast and calm repose. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Evening, Home, Sweet, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Chill penury repress’d their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Noble, Poverty, Soul, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Cells, Death, Sleep, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
When I want to draw a camel I no longer limit myself, as I once did, to looking only at camels. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd. - Jean-Henri Fabre Entomologist · France
For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
All human actions are equivalent… and all are on principle doomed to failure. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives. - Jeane Kirkpatrick Political scientist and diplomat
I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England