Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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.

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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...

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,...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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.

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...

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face. Terror, the human form divine,...

Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face. Terror, the human form divine,...