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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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...

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 lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...