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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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.

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

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

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.

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...

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 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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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.

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...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.