Gray

Famous quotes containing the word gray:

    Where ignorance is bliss,
    ‘Tis folly to be wise.
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

    In vain to me the smiling Mornings shine,
    And redd’ning Phoebus lifts his golden Fire:
    The Birds in vain their amorous Descant join;
    Or cheerful Fields resume their green Attire:
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

    No gray hairs streak my soul,
    no grandfatherly fondness there!
    I shake the world with the might of my voice,
    and walk—handsome,
    twentytwoyearold.
    Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)