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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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.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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...

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

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

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...

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.