Thomas Gray

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Thomas Gray was an English poet, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. The fifth and sole surviving child of Philip and Dorothy Gray, was born in London on the 26th of December 1716.


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Quote Left Yet ah why should they know their fateSince sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly flies.Thought would destroy their paradise.No more where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise. Quote Right
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Quote Left Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. Quote Right
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Quote Left Man's feeble race what ills await! Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune. Quote Right
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Quote Left Modred, whose magic song Made huge Plinlimmon bow his cloud-topped head. Quote Right
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