That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Thomas Hardy Quotes

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...

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...

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 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,...

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.

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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.

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...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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...

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

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

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly...

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,...

In this world of your parents' home, serve your Husband Lord; in the world beyond,...

In this world of your parents' home, serve your Husband Lord; in the world beyond,...

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do...

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do...