Author: Thomas Hardy

Quotes

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

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

- Thomas Hardy

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.

- Thomas Hardy

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

- Thomas Hardy

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

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

- Thomas Hardy

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

- 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

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

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