My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and the thought of his own

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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...

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...

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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...

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 main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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 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...

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...

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...

We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.

The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...