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

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.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

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...

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.

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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...

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.

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...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

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...

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.