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

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...

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...

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...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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,...

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.

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 lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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 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 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...

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air.

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air.

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed