Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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.

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...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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.

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and...

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and...

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Goals are always in demand. There will always be a market for a striker who...

Goals are always in demand. There will always be a market for a striker who...