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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Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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...

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

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

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

For each petal on the shamrock this brings a wish your way. Good health, good...

For each petal on the shamrock this brings a wish your way. Good health, good...

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the...

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the...

Who always only dreams of luck shouldn't be surprised if he oversleeps it.

Who always only dreams of luck shouldn't be surprised if he oversleeps it.