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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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.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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...

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

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

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

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.

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.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

When you see that many people with a smile on their face, then you must...

When you see that many people with a smile on their face, then you must...