If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

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.

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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...

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.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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...

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...

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...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars

The blueprint for success is inside you. It will stay there unless you take it...

The blueprint for success is inside you. It will stay there unless you take it...