The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

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,...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

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.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

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

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

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

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.

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

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 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.

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 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...

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 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...

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 people feel that others believe in God because they fear death. Why should I...

Some people feel that others believe in God because they fear death. Why should I...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...