Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

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.

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.

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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 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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

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...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...