If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.
Thomas GrayCan honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?
Thomas GrayTo 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