Author: Thomas Hardy

Quotes

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

- Thomas Hardy

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

- Thomas Hardy

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

- Thomas Hardy

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

- Thomas Hardy

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown.

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown.

- Thomas Hardy

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

- Thomas Hardy

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

- Thomas Hardy

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

- Thomas Hardy

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

- Thomas Hardy

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