Some folk want their luck buttered.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Chance Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Luck Quotes

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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,...

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.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes......

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes......