Fear is the mother of foresight.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Fear Quotes, Foresight Quotes

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 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 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.

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.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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

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

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

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...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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 main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

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.

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.

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...

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...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

The first duty of love - is to listen.

The first duty of love - is to listen.

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more...

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more...