Fear is the mother of foresight.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Fear Quotes, Foresight Quotes

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...

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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

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

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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...

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.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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.

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...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

In dreams we can recreate love, fear, guilt, happiness. In our minds we can create...

In dreams we can recreate love, fear, guilt, happiness. In our minds we can create...

Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on...

Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on...