That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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

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

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

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.

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...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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...

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.

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.

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.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover 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...

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...

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...

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...

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.