Fear is the mother of foresight.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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...

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

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.

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 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.

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the...

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the...

The honester the man, the worse luck

The honester the man, the worse luck