I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover 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...

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...

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.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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...

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...

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...

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

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...

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.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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

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

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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.

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.