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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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

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

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

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.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.