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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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 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...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

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...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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.

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...

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...

If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind+

If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind+

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a...

The devil is in the details, and everything we do in the military is a...