The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

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

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

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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,...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

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...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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.

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...

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...

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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.

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...