Fear is the mother of foresight.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Fear Quotes, Foresight Quotes

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had...

I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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

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

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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,...

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...

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We...

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life...

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life...