I have been looking for god for fifty years and I think if he had existed I should have discovered him

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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 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.

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...

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.

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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.

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...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

Well! Evil to some is always good to others.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.