Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

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...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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.

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.

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.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

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...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

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...

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

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.