No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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

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

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

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...

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...

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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

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

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...