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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Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

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.

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.

All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their...

All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their...

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred...

History seems not so much a record of past events, more a catalogue of preferred...