The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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,...

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...

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...

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

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...

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.

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...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

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...

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.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

Assassination has never changed the history of the world

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...