What did Thomas Gray mean by: Where once my careless childhood strayed, / A stranger yet to pain. - Thomas Gray Poet · England Copy
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn’d from Bullen’s eyes. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Eye, Love, Wise, 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
+ One principal characteristic of vice in the present age is the contempt of fame. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023February 6, 2024, Thomas Gray, Age, Fame, Vices, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ What female heart can gold despise? What cat ‘s averse to fish? Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Cat, Gold, Heart, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. - Michelangelo Artist · Italy
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot Economist and journalist · England
Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Most people aren’t cut out for value investing, because human nature shrinks from pain. - Jean-Marie Eveillard