There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

A 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...

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...

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.

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...

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.