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Here rests his head upon the l...

Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Sweet is the breath of vernal ...

Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The still small voice of gratitude.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Large was his bounty, and his ...

Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

A fav'rite has no friend!...

A fav'rite has no friend!

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

When love could teach a monarc...

When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

To each his suff'rings; all ar...

To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Now as the Paradisiacal pleasu...

Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine to read eternal new romances of Marivaux and Crebillon.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Visions of glory, spare my ach...

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

If the best man's faults were ...

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king...

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

And moody madness laughing wil...

And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

The different steps and degree...

The different steps and degrees of education may be compared to the artificer's operations upon marble; it is one thing to dig it out of the quarry, and another to square it, to give it gloss and lustre, call forth every beautiful spot and vein, shape it into a column, or animate it into a statue.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

To contemplation's sober eye,<...

To contemplation's sober eye,
Such is the race of man;
And they that creep, and they that fly,
Shall end where they began,
Alike the busy and the gay,
But flutter through life's little day.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

The hues of bliss more brightl...

The hues of bliss more brightly glow,
Chastis'd by sabler tints of woe.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Sorrow's faded form, and solit...

Sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

One principal characteristic o...

One principal characteristic of vice in the present age is the contempt of fame.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

The insect-youth are on the wi...

The insect-youth are on the wing,
Eager to taste the honied spring,
And float amid the liquid noon!

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Full many a gem of purest ray ...

Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Man's feeble race what ills aw...

Man's feeble race what ills await!
Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain,
Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train,
And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate!

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Any fool may write a most valu...

Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....