Had other aims than my delight.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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...

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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...

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...

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.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...