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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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.

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.

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...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in

In bad luck hold out; in good luck, hold in

Superstition brings bad luck

Superstition brings bad luck

I don't know what I did to deserve you...but whatever the heck it was I'm...

I don't know what I did to deserve you...but whatever the heck it was I'm...