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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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,...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

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...

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...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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.

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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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.