If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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...

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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...

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...

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.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.