“A boy of rude figure, yet with weak health, with his large greedy soul, full of all faculty and sensibility, he suffered greatly.”
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Priest
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The Epitaph, St. 2
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=elcc (written 1750, publ. 1751)

1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet

From, Light on Carmel: An Anthology from the Works of Brother John of Saint Samson, O.Carm.

Letter to Robert Southey (29 December 1794).
Letters

Attributed in Einstein: The Life and Times by Ronald W. Clark (1971), p. 737. The only source given in the end notes is "personal information". Einstein is said to have made this comment when a box of candy was being passed around after dinner, and he said that his doctor wouldn't let him eat it. The book also says that 'A friend asked him why it was the devil and not God who had imposed the penalty. "What's the difference?" he answered. "One has a plus in front, the other a minus."'.
Attributed in posthumous publications