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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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.

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.

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...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

The key to change... is to let go of fear.

The key to change... is to let go of fear.

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils