Famous Thomas Hardy Quotes

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.
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Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
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Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
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I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
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I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.
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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
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My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
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It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.
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Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.
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Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.
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