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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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...

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...

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.

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...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

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.

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 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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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.

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

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

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

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the...

Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the...

Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling...

Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling...

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the...

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the...