Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.
THOMAS GRAY . . where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
THOMAS GRAY Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
THOMAS GRAY Hell is full of good intentions. [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
THOMAS GRAY Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of Edward's race; Give ample room and ve...
THOMAS GRAY While bright-eyed science watches round.
THOMAS GRAY And to hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast, and calm repose. . . . . From ...
THOMAS GRAY Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
THOMAS GRAY Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize, Not all that glis...
THOMAS GRAY They had finished her own crown in glory, and she couldn't stay away from the coronation.
THOMAS GRAY The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awai...
THOMAS GRAY Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, ...
THOMAS GRAY Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflic...
THOMAS GRAY When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.
THOMAS GRAY No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There th...
THOMAS GRAY They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
THOMAS GRAY Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
THOMAS GRAY Alas, regardless of their doom,
the little victims play!
No sense have they of ills to come, THOMAS GRAY Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
THOMAS GRAY Far from the madding crowd
THOMAS GRAY A favorite has no friend!
THOMAS GRAY The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
THOMAS GRAY Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too ...
THOMAS GRAY Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield: Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How ...
THOMAS GRAY Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descr...
THOMAS GRAY From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.
THOMAS GRAY To warm their little loves the birds complain.
THOMAS GRAY Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune.
THOMAS GRAY The Attic warbler pours her throat Responsive to the cuckoo's note.
THOMAS GRAY What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish?
THOMAS GRAY Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly rising o'er the azure realm In ...
THOMAS GRAY To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, ...
THOMAS GRAY Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
THOMAS GRAY Tho' he inherit Not the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing wit...
THOMAS GRAY To brisk notes in cadence beating Glance their many-twinkling feet.
THOMAS GRAY The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plou...
THOMAS GRAY Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor car...
THOMAS GRAY Visions of glory, spare my aching sight.
THOMAS GRAY Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
THOMAS GRAY Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crown not on my soul.
THOMAS GRAY Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind.
THOMAS GRAY Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
THOMAS GRAY Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
THOMAS GRAY As to posterity, I may ask (with somebody whom I have forgot) what has it ever done to oblige me?
THOMAS GRAY And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.
THOMAS GRAY The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the ...
THOMAS GRAY Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
THOMAS GRAY Blasted with excess of light.
THOMAS GRAY Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.
THOMAS GRAY The still small voice of gratitude.
THOMAS GRAY Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send; He gave t...
THOMAS GRAY Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.
THOMAS GRAY Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
THOMAS GRAY E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.
THOMAS GRAY Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a ...
THOMAS GRAY There scatter'd oft the earliest of ye Year By Hands unseen are showers of Vi'lets found; The ...
THOMAS GRAY Yet ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness to...
THOMAS GRAY Since sorrow never comes too late And happiness too swiftly flies.
THOMAS GRAY Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
THOMAS GRAY The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast.
THOMAS GRAY Hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear if forced to flow.
THOMAS GRAY If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.
THOMAS GRAY Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting full...
THOMAS GRAY Yet ah! why should they know their fate?Since sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly ...
THOMAS GRAY And read their history in a nation's eyes.
THOMAS GRAY Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.
THOMAS GRAY The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn,/ The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, / The ...
THOMAS GRAY The Attic warbler pours her throat, / Responsive to the cuckoo's note.
THOMAS GRAY He passed the flaming bounds of space and time: / The living throne, the sapphire-blaze, / Where ang...
THOMAS GRAY If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.
THOMAS GRAY What female heart can gold despise? / What cat's averse to fish?
THOMAS GRAY Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:
Full many a fl...
THOMAS GRAY Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come, ...
THOMAS GRAY Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.
THOMAS GRAY The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastis'd by sabler tints not of woe
THOMAS GRAY And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
THOMAS GRAY Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast / The little tyrant of his fields withstood;/ Some ...
THOMAS GRAY Can storied urn or animated bust / Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? / Can honour's voic...
THOMAS GRAY Owls would have hooted in St Peter's choir,/ And foxes stunk and littered in St Paul's.
THOMAS GRAY The meanest flowret of the vale, / The simplest note that swells the gale, / The common sun, the air...
THOMAS GRAY The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits ali...
THOMAS GRAY Sweet is the breath of vernal shower, The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet Music's melting fal...
THOMAS GRAY Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife
THOMAS GRAY Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, / The moping owl does to the moon complain.
THOMAS GRAY Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, / And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.
THOMAS GRAY Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes / And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; / Nor all that glist...
THOMAS GRAY They hear a voice in every wind, / And snatch a fearful joy.
THOMAS GRAY Visions of glory, spare my aching sight, / Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!
THOMAS GRAY The war was over, ... They were defeated by the time he dropped those bombs -- I think he wanted to ...
THOMAS GRAY Mark and I get pretty competitive sometimes. But I like to just get the ball to my receivers and let...
THOMAS GRAY To Contemplation's sober eye. / Such is the race of Man.
THOMAS GRAY I shall be but a shrimp of an author.
THOMAS GRAY On some fond breast the parting soul relies,/ Some pious drops the closing eye requires; / E'en from...
THOMAS GRAY In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, / Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; / Regardless ...
THOMAS GRAY Far from the sun and summer-gale, / In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid.
THOMAS GRAY He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.
THOMAS GRAY Their tears, their little triumphs o'er, / Their human passions now no more.
THOMAS GRAY Brushing with hasty steps the dews away / To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
THOMAS GRAY Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air
THOMAS GRAY Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
THOMAS GRAY Full many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:Full many a flower is bo...
THOMAS GRAY Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes; / Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.
THOMAS GRAY There sit the sainted sage, the bard divine, / The few, whom genius gave to shine / Through every un...
THOMAS GRAY Th' applause of listening senates to command, / The threats of pain and ruin to despise,/ To scatter...
THOMAS GRAY Who foremost now delight to cleave / With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
THOMAS GRAY I write in the studio.
MACY GRAY I have a bronze statue of myself, naked. I have these really big curls and water comes out of every ...
MACY GRAY I've never met anyone that is their image.
MACY GRAY Being God would be the ultimate.
MACY GRAY Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.
MACY GRAY Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
MACY GRAY The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with ...
MACY GRAY I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
MACY GRAY You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don...
MACY GRAY This year, each game, we want to go out and give our best. Our goal right now is to finish in the up...
AL GRAY There's a freshman who Aaron has taken under his wing. He's done an excellent job with him, teaching...
AL GRAY How we do this year really depends on our pitching. We can play defensively, and we can score runs. ...
AL GRAY If you drop it, it implies that everything is OK. We don't want to give people a false sense of secu...
AL GRAY We've gotten a whole lot of calls.
AL GRAY I think true economic class unhappiness comes from when across the street someone has a new Cadillac...
JAMES GRAY Remember, these concessions were made over a five-year period; that's very, very modest. And they ha...
ALBERT GRAY What it should convey is that this is a material that is carefully processed and tightly regulated, ...
ALBERT GRAY Where it's coming from, I can't tell you. There's a lot of stirred up and muddy water going through ...
ALBERT GRAY It's about twice where we would issue a warning.
ALBERT GRAY Successful men are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by the des...
ALBERT GRAY Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do
ALBERT GRAY The draft process will provide me a great learning experience and will help me become a better playe...
AARON GRAY In discussing my options the last couple of weeks with my family and Coach Dixon, I feel that it is ...
AARON GRAY Without any pressing issues, there won't be a lot of change. Most people are pretty happy with who i...
AARON GRAY There is so much stuff I can take away from this season and go back and look at. I learned about how...
AARON GRAY All the great people learn from the people before them. Chris took one approach and did things the w...
AARON GRAY I couldn't believe when he hit that last 3-pointer from about 15 feet beyond the line, but what can ...
AARON GRAY They got me tired, but I had to push through it. There are points in the game where my teammates fee...
AARON GRAY I felt confident. Ever since the Marquette game, every day I've been working on my free throws befor...
AARON GRAY It's a great achievement. It's a great compliment to my team. I couldn't have done it without them. ...
AARON GRAY Lacrosse is fast paced and I like fast paced games. It's demanding physically and has the hardest co...
AARON GRAY When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the l...
SPALDING GRAY Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory w...
ASA GRAY And maybe just a little," he smirks, "why, are you an easy drunk?" he cocks his head to the side, in...
KATHEY GRAY You can kid the world, but not your sister.
CHARLOTTE GRAY Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well eno...
CLAUDIA GRAY All of my best friends are dead people. Someday I've got to figure out how that happened.
CLAUDIA GRAY Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they f...
JOHN GRAY Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.
JOHN GRAY A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather ...
JOHN GRAY When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has a chance to blosso...
JOHN GRAY To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do ...
JOHN GRAY Generally speaking, when a woman offers unsolicited advice or tries to help a man, she has no idea o...
JOHN GRAY Everybody except us is running for governor.
BARRY GRAY Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do.
ALBERT GRAY Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.
PAUL GRAY In life we don’t get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able t...
FARRAH GRAY Your feelings wouldn't get hurt if you were honest with yourself
TY GRAY 'Apocalypse Now' does not alienate us or deconstruct itself. In fact, it welcomes us in.
JAMES GRAY As ugly an admission as this is, I met my wife at a party, and if I had been to the same party and s...
JAMES GRAY The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It...
JAMES GRAY Robots will harvest, cook, and serve our food. They will work in our factories, drive our cars, and ...
GRAY SCOTT The mobile revolution has dramatically changed our world view, empowered women, and increased our em...
GRAY SCOTT We are afraid of ourselves and our own unconscious minds. When we are building something that reflec...
GRAY SCOTT Technology will mirror the culture and the psychology creating it. We need new psychological scaffol...
GRAY SCOTT Immortality may be impossible, but imagine what humanity could learn if we all lived 700 years. We c...
GRAY SCOTT We're going to become caretakers for the robots. That's what the next generation of work is ...
GRAY SCOTT Watch a child play, and you will see real power. They are fearless.
GRAY SCOTT We are increasingly becoming cyborg-like beings. We are becoming literally what we create. Biology, ...
GRAY SCOTT I don't think that an artificially intelligent system that has superhuman intelligence will be v...
GRAY SCOTT It's a physical thing that can grab a hold of data and literally rearrange our lives by changing...
GRAY SCOTT These machines are going to reflect our species and our evolutionary process. Everything we are will...
GRAY SCOTT We do know that we can set certain algorithms for machines to do certain things - now that may be a ...
GRAY SCOTT The main thing I'm concerned with right now, is getting people to understand that the Internet o...
GRAY SCOTT To understand the future of technology, we need to begin with one fundamental truth: Technology is n...
GRAY SCOTT In 'Chappie,' you see this sort of young robot that's learning through maybe 'deep l...
GRAY SCOTT Who gets to decide the robotic bill of rights? It's going to be controversial.
GRAY SCOTT Negative and pessimistic views of technology have always existed. I can just imagine some pessimisti...
GRAY SCOTT I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could ...
LINDA GRAY I like exercise. I like a healthy body.
ERIN GRAY The real question is, when will we draft an artificial intelligence bill of rights? What will that c...
GRAY SCOTT That's right", she says, wiping tears from her cheeks. "You weren't with me that time I walked in on...
CLAUDIA GRAY We were going to get the people. We take risks all the time firefighting, but we didn't want to get ...
BENNY GRAY It depends on how much rain we get. A light thunderstorm will dry up in a matter of hours.
BENNY GRAY It's pretty obvious we needed a burn ban, with conditions like they are and no rain in sight.
BENNY GRAY As hot as it is, I can't imagine anyone wanting to burn. Hopefully, we'll get some rain before the f...
BENNY GRAY At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best ...
JAMES GRAY We are trying to work through the concerns that have been raised and trying to reach a bipartisan co...
ANDREW GRAY Until there is reform, we're going to continually have questions about these deals moving forward.
ANDREW GRAY Sen. Shelby does continue to hope to be able to pass strong GSE regulatory reform legislation in 200...
ANDREW GRAY Our focus has been on having a hearing and putting the Senate in a position to move on the nominatio...
ANDREW GRAY Our focus has been on having a hearing and putting the Senate in a position to move on the nominatio...
ANDREW GRAY Some people have noticed a difference in drying time, with it reduced by half.
ANDREW GRAY We continue to work with leadership to draft a bill that will provide the necessary borrowing author...
ANDREW GRAY It is something that was discussed today, but largely it's a question for the leadership as to when ...
ANDREW GRAY We have a spectacular brand in Dunhill, and a very fast-growing brand in Pall Mall, and that balance...
ANDREW GRAY Clearly in our opinion there's some dysfunction in how the (CFIUS) process works in terms of transpa...
ANDREW GRAY It's been good, we have all enjoyed it,
ANDY GRAY It's darker than you first perceive it to be, ... The American film company comes in and rides rough...
ANDY GRAY It's great to see,
ANDY GRAY If you block a kick, especially if it's a punt, in my eyes you're going to win the game about 90 per...
ANDY GRAY We take so much pride (in blocking kicks), I just think last year we got a little complacent,
ANDY GRAY Special teams are just as important as the offense or the defense. Anyone who watched the Miami-Flor...
ANDY GRAY Our No. 1 goal, any time we line up, is to block a kick or get a big return,
ANDY GRAY It is the first cut in the base rate for two years, so this is our best chance to shake the housing ...
ANDY GRAY