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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Emotion Quotes

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.

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...

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

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.

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 resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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...

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.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.