One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man but as an instrument of destiny

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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 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,...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

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...