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

Topics: Evil Quotes

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.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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 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 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...

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...

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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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,...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Those who own much have much to fear

Those who own much have much to fear

Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.

Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...