3 Thomas Gray Quotes on Poverty

Thomas Gray quotes on poverty

9. Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune.

26. Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor.

31. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.