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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had...

I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.

If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...