Madding Crowd

Famous quotes containing the words madding crowd, madding and/or crowd:

    “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)

    “Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,
    Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray;”
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

    “The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)