The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

Topics: Disappointment Quotes, Fulfilment Quotes

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,...

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...

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.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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.

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 a language which is...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

The first duty of love - is to listen.

The first duty of love - is to listen.

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more...

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more...