Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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 value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

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...

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...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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...

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

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

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.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...