Famous quotes containing the words madding crowd, madding and/or crowd:
“Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray;”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
“Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray;
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
“There will be a crowd of young women doing homage to my palaver,”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)