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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Cruelty Quotes

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...

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...

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...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

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 are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

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...

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.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

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...

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,...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

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...

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,...

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was...

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was...

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a bitch.

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a bitch.