The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

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.

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

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

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

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.

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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

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

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.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is...

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...

I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the...

I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the...

You must be my Lucky Star, 'cause you shine on me wherever you are. I...

You must be my Lucky Star, 'cause you shine on me wherever you are. I...