That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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

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

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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,...

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.

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...