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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

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.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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,...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

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...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.